Where do I find my iPhone's MAC address for the router?

Setting up a device allow-list on our home router and it wants the MAC address. The one shown on the phone seems to change per network. Which one do I give it?
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jame.rober Nov 06, 2026
evei
on iOS 18 you don't have to pick between private and real anymore. tap the (i) on your network, Private Wi-Fi Address, and set it to Fixed. it keeps the same address for that network, so the router filter keeps working and you still get privacy on other networks.
sanjay_tech Oct 14, 2026
evei
Settings > General > About > Wi-Fi Address is the phone's real one. But careful, by default the iPhone uses a different private address for each wifi network, so if you put the one from About into the router's filter it won't match. Either go to Settings > Wi-Fi, tap the (i) next to your network and use the address shown there, or switch Private Wi-Fi Address off for that network so it uses the real one.