M10 MAC address?

[Foxie]

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Hi,

 

Does anyone know -or can explain- how to obtain the MAC address of the WIFI-adapter in the M10?

 

Thanks!

 

[anupmc]

The easiest way is to connect your M10 WLAN to your home Wireless Router, and then check via admin login on the Wireless Router what WiFi devices are connected. The M10s should appear as "Embedded wireless Gmbh" with a MAC address starting with "00:1F:7D:...".

[Photon42]

Foxies problem may be that the network has additional MAC whitelisting - only listed MAC address can connect. I do not have a good answer regarding the M10. Was looking for it myself. What you can do, though, is disable temporarily the MAC level security or connect to an network not having that type of restriction and then retrieve the MAC address from the network config tool (router - connected clients) or through a network scanner.

[Stef63]

Foxies problem may be that the network has additional MAC whitelisting - only listed MAC address can connect. I do not have a good answer regarding the M10. Was looking for it myself. What you can do, though, is disable temporarily the MAC level security or connect to an network not having that type of restriction and then retrieve the MAC address from the network config tool (router - connected clients) or through a network scanner.

 

Create a WLAN on your M10 and join the WLAN from a PC or Mac. Your PC or Mac should receive an IP address from the M10 DHCP.  I got 192.168.1.130.  The M10 itself is at 192.168.1.2

 

In the console or terminal from your PC or Mac enter the command PING 192.168.1.2.  Followed by the command ARP -A.  You will see al bunch of IP and Mac addresses.  Next to the 192.168.1.2 address you should find the MAC address of your M10.

 

Good luck

[Foxie]

Hi,

 

Thanks for your help; it appeared all three of you were correct ;-)

 

@anupmc ....my MAC address -indeed- starts with those digits 00:1f:7d:etc etc,

 

@Photon42 .....it's -indeed- for a whitelisted network I occasionally connect with,

 

@Stef63 ......your explanation -indeed- helped me look it up. My ip's were exactly like yours. Only difference is that my ARP command (I'm on a Mac) didn't recognize the -A argument, but simply typing arp 192.168.1.2 showed the MAC address.

 

Thanks for helping out!

[Stef63]

 

@Stef63 ......your explanation -indeed- helped me look it up. My ip's were exactly like yours. Only difference is that my ARP command (I'm on a Mac) didn't recognize the -A argument, but simply typing arp 192.168.1.2 showed the MAC address.

 

 

My mistake.  The arp parameter should be a lowercase a 

 

    arp -a

[Photon42]

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Hi,

 

Thanks for your help; it appeared all three of you were correct ;-)

 

@anupmc ....my MAC address -indeed- starts with those digits 00:1f:7d:etc etc,

 

@Photon42 .....it's -indeed- for a whitelisted network I occasionally connect with,

 

@Stef63 ......your explanation -indeed- helped me look it up. My ip's were exactly like yours. Only difference is that my ARP command (I'm on a Mac) didn't recognize the -A argument, but simply typing arp 192.168.1.2 showed the MAC address.

 

Thanks for helping out!

 

 

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[Photon42]

Just to add: there are some tools for the iPhone/iPad/Android which can scan the network the phone is attached to and present respective information. Just in case the computer is missing.

[pico]

If you have a Mac, there is a program named Who's On My WiFi

which will scan your WiFi and show all clients' MAC address.

 

See the App Store

[jlindstrom]

Who in their right mind uses mac whitelists for security these days? Hope it's not the only auth for the network...

 

 

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