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Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network?
From: Forthofer Russ <Russ.Forthofer () ssfhs org>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:20:00 -0500
What type of router? I suspect you are switching the internal network, and routing between the internal and external networks. Are the two devices on the same subnet? Are you seeing ALL wired traffic on the wireless network or only broadcasts, multicasts, etc. If the wired and wireless devices are on the same subnet, one would expect broadcasts (e.g., ARP traffic) to be seen on both the wired and wireless portions of the network. Whether you see all traffic on both wired and wireless or just broadcast traffic depends on whether the device is acting as a switch or a hub. ________________________________ From: wireshark-users-bounces () wireshark org [mailto:wireshark-users-bounces () wireshark org] On Behalf Of Chin Shi Hong Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 7:40 AM To: Community support list for Wireshark Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Yorian Wiltjer <zentinel17 () gmail com<mailto:zentinel17 () gmail com>> wrote: Chin, A normal wireless access point bridges 802.3 (wired) to 802.11 (wireless). Thanks to this bridge wireshark see both wiresless clients and wired clients via the WAP. I can think off two ways to get rid off the MAC's from wired cards. One unplug the WAP from your wired network. OR Use a router. With a router all your wired MAC will be hidden behind the MAC off the router. Just a simple router would do. Hope its helps, Yorian 2010/11/14 Chin Shi Hong <cshong87 () gmail com<mailto:cshong87 () gmail com>>:
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Stephen Fisher <steve () stephen-fisher com<mailto:steve () stephen-fisher com>> wrote:On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:24:05PM +0800, Chin Shi Hong wrote:are the real wireless client that connect to the wireless network AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF, or it may be only one of them are the real wireless client connect to the wireless network AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. How can I know which one is the real wireless client connected to wireless network AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF?I don't understand your question; why would any of the addresses not be real ones? ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-users mailing list <wireshark-users () wireshark org<mailto:wireshark-users () wireshark org>> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-users Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-users mailto:wireshark-users-request () wireshark org<mailto:wireshark-users-request () wireshark org>?subject=unsubscribeMy "real wireless client" mean the computer connected to the network using wireless, not through other method. This is because I had done some testings. I tested with 2 computers. First computer connected to my wireless router by using wireless network adapter, while the second computer connected to my wireless router using wired connection. I had noticed that the MAC Address of the wired network adapter in second computer (the one using wired) are recorded as well, either as source address or destination address. This make me very hard to program my application to detect which MAC address is the MAC address of the wireless network adapter, not the wired network adapter. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-users mailing list <wireshark-users () wireshark org<mailto:wireshark-users () wireshark org>> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-users Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-users mailto:wireshark-users-request () wireshark org<mailto:wireshark-users-request () wireshark org>?subject=unsubscribe
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Current thread:
- How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? Chin Shi Hong (Nov 13)
- Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? Stephen Fisher (Nov 13)
- Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? Chin Shi Hong (Nov 13)
- Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? Yorian Wiltjer (Nov 15)
- Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? Chin Shi Hong (Nov 16)
- Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? Forthofer Russ (Nov 16)
- Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? Yorian Wiltjer (Nov 16)
- Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? David Shephard (Nov 18)
- Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? Chin Shi Hong (Nov 13)
- Re: How to know which MAC address is the true client that connect to the wireless network? Stephen Fisher (Nov 13)