Wireless MAC address?

scotty1024 · 08-07-2006, 06:12 AM

Is the MAC address for the wireless 802.11 adaptor on the iLiad easy to find?

The manual I read didn't show the MAC in any of the screen shots...

I run a MAC restricted wireless network at home.

ali · 08-07-2006, 06:18 AM

Is not easy to find. Configuring is easy: Connect to the AP (unsuccessful due to mac filtering), look into the AP's event log, copy the MAC address.

Dude, do you even have an Iliad?

scotty1024 · 08-07-2006, 06:50 AM

Dude, I'm getting an iLiad!

Seems like I have a tough nut to crack though. The Apple Airport has no event log for that kind of thing. Maybe I'll have to iStumble it.

ali · 08-07-2006, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scotty1024

Dude, I'm getting an iLiad!

Apparently you wrote 19.21% of all posts at the irex forum and a lot of stuff here, before even having an Iliad. That's awfully close to trolling / spamming for me.

Btw, does this forum support plonking?

b_k · 08-07-2006, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ali

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Btw, does this forum support plonking?

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/pro...hp?do=editlist
ask and you shall receive.

jæd · 08-07-2006, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scotty1024

Dude, I'm getting an iLiad!

Seems like I have a tough nut to crack though. The Apple Airport has no event log for that kind of thing. Maybe I'll have to iStumble it.

Why not wait until you have the illiad before you start worrying about this...? It might be doa...!

R2D2 · 08-07-2006, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ali

Is not easy to find.

So the MAC adress on the back of the device is the one for the Fast Ethernet network adaptor?

ali · 08-07-2006, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R2D2

So the MAC adress on the back of the device is the one for the Fast Ethernet network adaptor?

On mine, it is. The one listed in Settings is the same.

Sischa · 08-07-2006, 09:46 AM

Strange for me the one printed on the back worked fine ?

(also using a MAC restricted network at home)

ali · 08-07-2006, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sischa

Strange for me the one printed on the back worked fine ?

Weird. To be really sure, I just rechecked. I connected to iDS over Wifi and checked the AP log. The DHCP lease is given to a MAC address that is *not* the one on the Iliad's back.

scotty1024 · 08-07-2006, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ali

Apparently you wrote 19.21% of all posts at the irex forum and a lot of stuff here, before even having an Iliad. That's awfully close to trolling / spamming for me.

The thread was started with a legitimate question. If you don't have the answer don't get mad and start throwing inaccurate words at me.

DHer · 08-07-2006, 12:31 PM

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Is the MAC address for the wireless 802.11 adaptor on the iLiad easy to find?

The legitimate answer is: nope.

The illegitimate question is: Why the heck do you use this more-then-useless mac-filtering? Why can't you just switch it off, connect with you iliad, use whatever tool is at hand to get the mac and switch it back on or leave it switched off? Or use your favourite wireless traffic sniffer to listen to the things the iliad screams out over the ether? Or hack it and type ifconfig? And what we all would like to know: Why do you bother with all these thing before you can lay your hands on it and try, for god's sake?

I know you're really, really tense to finally receive your iliad - we all were. But this is no reason to fill the board with borderline marginal stuff - that's what he wanted to say with it.

scotty1024 · 08-07-2006, 04:17 PM

Simple: your method won't work for me.

By the way, the MAC filtering works just fine for me, thank you very much.

From a corporate stand point, IT departments expect to get a document listing these types of things. Makes it easy for them to add the unit to the authorized devices list for the wired and wireless networks.

From an iLiad stand point, if irex put this info on a nice page on the device, one could place the unit on a scanner, scan it and then attach the scan to the unit's asset tracking entry.

Leverage that eInk in yet another way.

As for borderline marginal stuff, one man's borderline marginal issue is another person's "Gee I wish I had the guts to ask that question and stand up to the mean people like that, I'd like the answer too, but I don't want to get beat up if they think I'm asking a borderline marginal question."

b_k · 08-07-2006, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by scotty1024

Simple: your method won't work for me.

By the way, the MAC filtering works just fine for me, thank you very much. ...

you know, MAC filtering takes more time to manage then to get around it. Even with encryption of the packet payload, the MAC adress is readable in every packet and a attacker can simply copy a valid MAC to his card.

so, MAC filtering is simply pointless. Maybe that is the whole point of this discussion.

NatCh · 08-07-2006, 04:34 PM

Hey, folks, can I suggest we take this down a notch or two? This discussion seems to be getting a bit ... over-warm, and I'm not sure that anyone means for it to....

I like the calm, collected tone of the MobileRead forum, and want to keep it that way!

Personally, I also like the generally patient attitude toward dumb questions (I'm not saying this was one, BTW, nor am I saying it's not -- I'm just making a general statement), since I don't always know if I'm asking one!

Thanks, y'all

08-07-2006, 06:12 AM	#1
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	Wireless MAC address? Is the MAC address for the wireless 802.11 adaptor on the iLiad easy to find? The manual I read didn't show the MAC in any of the screen shots... I run a MAC restricted wireless network at home.

08-07-2006, 04:34 PM	#15
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	A deep breath Hey, folks, can I suggest we take this down a notch or two? This discussion seems to be getting a bit ... over-warm, and I'm not sure that anyone means for it to.... I like the calm, collected tone of the MobileRead forum, and want to keep it that way! Personally, I also like the generally patient attitude toward dumb questions (I'm not saying this was one, BTW, nor am I saying it's not -- I'm just making a general statement), since I don't always know if I'm asking one! Thanks, y'all Last edited by NatCh; 08-07-2006 at 04:36 PM.

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08-07-2006, 06:18 AM	#2
ali Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 116 Join Date: May 2006 Device: Iliad, dude!	Is not easy to find. Configuring is easy: Connect to the AP (unsuccessful due to mac filtering), look into the AP's event log, copy the MAC address. Dude, do you even have an Iliad?

08-07-2006, 06:50 AM	#3
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	Dude, I'm getting an iLiad! Seems like I have a tough nut to crack though. The Apple Airport has no event log for that kind of thing. Maybe I'll have to iStumble it.

08-07-2006, 09:46 AM	#9
Sischa Evangelist Posts: 428 Karma: 2370 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Device: Nokia 770, Ilead, Cybook G3, Kindle DX, Kindle 2, iPad, Kindle 3, PW	Strange for me the one printed on the back worked fine ? (also using a MAC restricted network at home)

08-07-2006, 04:17 PM	#13
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	Simple: your method won't work for me. By the way, the MAC filtering works just fine for me, thank you very much. From a corporate stand point, IT departments expect to get a document listing these types of things. Makes it easy for them to add the unit to the authorized devices list for the wired and wireless networks. From an iLiad stand point, if irex put this info on a nice page on the device, one could place the unit on a scanner, scan it and then attach the scan to the unit's asset tracking entry. Leverage that eInk in yet another way. As for borderline marginal stuff, one man's borderline marginal issue is another person's "Gee I wish I had the guts to ask that question and stand up to the mean people like that, I'd like the answer too, but I don't want to get beat up if they think I'm asking a borderline marginal question."

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