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Re: wireless traffic
From: Andrew Brown <twofsonet () graffiti com>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 10:44:00 -0500
Does anybody know where I can locate a list of MAC address prefixes that belong specifically to wireless NIC cards? I am looking for a method of discovering what devices on my network are wireless devices.Power down the wireless hub and see who calls? ;) Seriously though - your wireless hub/transmitter may have a queryable arp table that will tell you what's not using the wire....
i've used/seen cards with these prefixes: 00:e0:29 - smc 00:02:2d - orinoco/wavelan cards (lucent/agere) however, there's nothing to stop the vendor from using a given prefix for wired cards as well. more to the point, it's relatively trivial to change the hardware address of the card, so all bets are off (read as: mac address filtering is useless). -- |-----< "CODE WARRIOR" >-----| codewarrior () daemon org * "ah! i see you have the internet twofsonet () graffiti com (Andrew Brown) that goes *ping*!" andrew () crossbar com * "information is power -- share the wealth."
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- wireless traffic Art Houle (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Andrew Brown (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Antony (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Andy Ellifson (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Rodney Thayer (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Kevin Oberman (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Rodney Thayer (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Andrew Brown (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Rodney Thayer (Nov 11)
- Re: wireless traffic Kevin Oberman (Nov 09)
- Re: wireless traffic Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 09)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: wireless traffic Steven M. Bellovin (Nov 09)