Which MAC address is the right one?

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Published on 2012-11-01T10:10:43Z Indexed on 2012/11/01 11:03 UTC
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Result by 'getmac':

C:\>getmac

Physical Address    Transport Name
=================== ==========================================================
72-03-C6-48-59-34   \Device\Tcpip_{8AEB3263-18C4-449E-A80F-BC2541DDC2A9}
00-21-9B-D5-6F-EE   \Device\Tcpip_{C2F9CE19-D68F-4105-9766-45CBE6D82331}
00-22-68-D2-9B-F7   \Device\Tcpip_{A2701130-9221-43FE-8F14-7B1114F84DC3}

Result by 'ipconfig /all':

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : xps-m1530
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-68-D2-9B-F7
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.246.4
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Eth
ernet Controller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-9B-D5-6F-EE
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.112
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
                                            8.8.4.4
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 November 2012 9:00:36 AM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 November 2012 9:00:36 AM

There is a MAC address on the back of my laptop, but the sticker is no longer there. So I use the 'getmac' command to get the MAC addresses. But which address shown by 'getmac' above is the one matching the MAC in the sticker on the back of my laptop?

Or am I mistaken something?

00-21-... is the ethernet adapter, 00-22-... is the wireless adapter, and 72-03-... is what?

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