diff --git a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
index b772e39779..1e6aa902ba 100644
--- a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ if(UNIX)
 endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
-	target_link_libraries(rpcs3 ws2_32.lib Winmm.lib Psapi.lib gdi32.lib setupapi.lib)
+	target_link_libraries(rpcs3 ws2_32.lib Iphlpapi.lib Winmm.lib Psapi.lib gdi32.lib setupapi.lib)
 else()
 	target_link_libraries(rpcs3 ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 endif()
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellNetCtl.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellNetCtl.cpp
index b398798089..6f11dccb02 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellNetCtl.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellNetCtl.cpp
@@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ error_code cellNetCtlGetInfo(s32 code, vm::ptr<CellNetCtlInfo> info)
 
 	if (code == CELL_NET_CTL_INFO_ETHER_ADDR)
 	{
-		// dummy values set
-		std::memset(info->ether_addr.data, 0xFF, sizeof(info->ether_addr.data));
+		memcpy(info->ether_addr.data, nph->get_ether_addr().data(), 6);
 		return CELL_OK;
 	}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net.cpp
index 0bf57e1a5b..6f8cb53fb6 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <chrono>
 
 LOG_CHANNEL(sys_net);
+LOG_CHANNEL(sys_net_dump);
 
 template<>
 void fmt_class_string<sys_net_error>::format(std::string& out, u64 arg)
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ void windows_poll(pollfd* fds, unsigned long nfds, int timeout, bool* connecting
 // Error helper functions
 static int get_native_error()
 {
-	int native_error = 0;
+	int native_error;
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	native_error = WSAGetLastError();
 #else
@@ -2247,7 +2248,7 @@ error_code sys_net_bnet_recvfrom(ppu_thread& ppu, s32 s, vm::ptr<void> buf, u32
 
 			if (native_result >= 0)
 			{
-				if (sys_net.enabled == logs::level::trace)
+				if (sys_net_dump.enabled == logs::level::trace)
 				{
 					std::string datrace;
 					const char hex[16] = {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'};
@@ -2263,7 +2264,7 @@ error_code sys_net_bnet_recvfrom(ppu_thread& ppu, s32 s, vm::ptr<void> buf, u32
 						datrace += hex[(dabuf[index]) & 15];
 						datrace += ' ';
 					}
-					sys_net.trace("DNS RESULT: %s", datrace);
+					sys_net.trace("recvfrom dump: %s", datrace);
 				}
 
 				return true;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/np_handler.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/np_handler.cpp
index 3b17dc41bb..3bd910c881 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/np_handler.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/np_handler.cpp
@@ -16,14 +16,21 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <WS2tcpip.h>
+#include <iphlpapi.h>
 #else
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <net/if.h> 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#include <ifaddrs.h>
+#include <net/if_dl.h>
+#endif
+
 LOG_CHANNEL(sys_net);
 LOG_CHANNEL(sceNp2);
 LOG_CHANNEL(sceNp);
@@ -47,6 +54,13 @@ np_handler::np_handler()
 			is_psn_active = false;
 		}
 
+		if (!discover_ether_address())
+		{
+			nph_log.error("Failed to discover ethernet address!");
+			is_connected = false;
+			is_psn_active = false;
+		}
+
 		// Convert dns address
 		// TODO: recover actual user dns through OS specific API
 		in_addr conv{};
@@ -113,9 +127,97 @@ bool np_handler::discover_ip_address()
 	// Set public address to local discovered address for now, may be updated later;
 	public_ip_addr = local_ip_addr;
 
+	nph_log.notice("IP was determined to be %s", ip_to_string(local_ip_addr));
+
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool np_handler::discover_ether_address()
+{
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+	ifaddrs* ifap;
+
+	if (getifaddrs(&ifap) == 0)
+	{
+		ifaddrs* p;
+		for (p = ifap; p; p = p->ifa_next)
+		{
+			if (p->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK)
+			{
+				sockaddr_dl* sdp = reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_dl*>(p->ifa_addr);
+				memcpy(ether_address.data(), sdp->sdl_data + sdp->sdl_nlen, 6);
+				freeifaddrs(ifap);
+				nph_log.notice("Determined Ethernet address to be %s", ether_to_string(ether_address));
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		freeifaddrs(ifap);
+	}
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+	std::vector<u8> adapter_infos(sizeof(IP_ADAPTER_INFO));
+	ULONG size_infos = sizeof(IP_ADAPTER_INFO);
+
+    if (GetAdaptersInfo(reinterpret_cast<PIP_ADAPTER_INFO>(adapter_infos.data()), &size_infos) == ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW)
+		adapter_infos.resize(size_infos);
+
+    if (GetAdaptersInfo(reinterpret_cast<PIP_ADAPTER_INFO>(adapter_infos.data()), &size_infos) == NO_ERROR && size_infos)
+	{
+		PIP_ADAPTER_INFO info = reinterpret_cast<PIP_ADAPTER_INFO>(adapter_infos.data());
+		memcpy(ether_address.data(), info[0].Address, 6);
+		nph_log.notice("Determined Ethernet address to be %s", ether_to_string(ether_address));
+		return true;
+	}
+#else
+	ifreq ifr;
+	ifconf ifc;
+	char buf[1024];
+	int success = 0;
+
+	int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP);
+	if (sock == -1)
+		return false;
+
+	ifc.ifc_len = sizeof(buf);
+	ifc.ifc_buf = buf;
+	if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc) == -1)
+		return false;
+
+	ifreq* it              = ifc.ifc_req;
+	const ifreq* const end = it + (ifc.ifc_len / sizeof(ifreq));
+
+	for (; it != end; ++it)
+	{
+		strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, it->ifr_name);
+		if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr) == 0)
+		{
+			if (!(ifr.ifr_flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
+			{
+				if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) == 0)
+				{
+					success = 1;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (success)
+	{
+		memcpy(ether_address.data(), ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 6);
+		nph_log.notice("Determined Ethernet address to be %s", ether_to_string(ether_address));
+
+		return true;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+const std::array<u8, 6>& np_handler::get_ether_addr() const
+{
+	return ether_address;
+}
+
 u32 np_handler::get_local_ip_addr() const
 {
 	return local_ip_addr;
@@ -172,6 +274,11 @@ std::string np_handler::ip_to_string(u32 ip_addr)
 	return result;
 }
 
+std::string np_handler::ether_to_string(std::array<u8, 6>& ether)
+{
+	return fmt::format("%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X", ether[0], ether[1], ether[2], ether[3], ether[4], ether[5]);
+}
+
 void np_handler::string_to_npid(const char* str, SceNpId* npid)
 {
 	strncpy(npid->handle.data, str, sizeof(npid->handle.data));
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/np_handler.h b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/np_handler.h
index 68ceac5a7f..20c7138a61 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/np_handler.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/np_handler.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class np_handler
 public:
 	np_handler();
 
+	const std::array<u8, 6>& get_ether_addr() const;
 	u32 get_local_ip_addr() const;
 	u32 get_public_ip_addr() const;
 	u32 get_dns_ip() const;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ public:
 
 	// Public helpers
 	static std::string ip_to_string(u32 addr);
+	static std::string ether_to_string(std::array<u8, 6>& ether);
 	// Helpers for setting various structures from string
 	static void string_to_npid(const char* str, SceNpId* npid);
 	static void string_to_online_name(const char* str, SceNpOnlineName* online_name);
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ public:
 protected:
 	// Various generic helpers
 	bool discover_ip_address();
+	bool discover_ether_address();
 	bool error_and_disconnect(const std::string& error_msg);
 
 	// Notification handlers
@@ -301,6 +304,7 @@ protected:
 	std::vector<u8> current_ticket;
 
 	// IP & DNS info
+	std::array<u8, 6> ether_address{};
 	be_t<u32> local_ip_addr{};
 	be_t<u32> public_ip_addr{};
 	be_t<u32> dns_ip = 0x08080808;
diff --git a/rpcs3_default.props b/rpcs3_default.props
index 0252b99c1b..a51f2711b3 100644
--- a/rpcs3_default.props
+++ b/rpcs3_default.props
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zc:throwingNew /constexpr:steps16777216 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>xxhash.lib;ws2_32.lib;Bcrypt.lib;avcodec.lib;avformat.lib;avutil.lib;swresample.lib;swscale.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>xxhash.lib;ws2_32.lib;Iphlpapi.lib;Bcrypt.lib;avcodec.lib;avformat.lib;avutil.lib;swresample.lib;swscale.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\3rdparty\ffmpeg\windows\x86_64</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <StackReserveSize>8388608</StackReserveSize>
       <StackCommitSize>1048576</StackCommitSize>