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Use MAC Address to Identify Laptop Model?
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Is it possible to use the first 6 characters (D8:9D:67) of a MAC address to learn the model/version of the device? For example, this MAC address belong to Hewlett Packard. But they manufacture printers, laptops, desktops, tablets, etc... Are there any public databases to help give some idea what kind of device the MAC address belongs to?
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Is it possible to use the first 6 characters (D8:9D:67) of a MAC address to learn the model/version of the device? For example, this MAC address belong to Hewlett Packard. But they manufacture printers, laptops, desktops, tablets, etc... Are there any public databases to help give some idea what kind of device the MAC address belongs to?
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Is it possible to use the first 6 characters (D8:9D:67) of a MAC address to learn the model/version of the device? For example, this MAC address belong to Hewlett Packard. But they manufacture printers, laptops, desktops, tablets, etc... Are there any public databases to help give some idea what kind of device the MAC address belongs to?
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Is it possible to use the first 6 characters (D8:9D:67) of a MAC address to learn the model/version of the device? For example, this MAC address belong to Hewlett Packard. But they manufacture printers, laptops, desktops, tablets, etc... Are there any public databases to help give some idea what kind of device the MAC address belongs to?
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A mac address doesn't identify a specific model of a device, but rather the the likely manufacturer. IEEE is the registration authority that contains a list of manufacturer prefixes.
This will ONLY tell you the likely vendor of the network device. I say likely since MAC addresses can be changed problematically to any value you want on most operating systems (I know Linux can). This means I could be running a HP network card or usb network adapter, but alter my mac address to report HTC as the manufacturer.
Another issue is that the network device talking to the network may be a third party device such as a USB network adapter (ethernet or WiFi), and have nothing to do with the original laptop.
There are methods of fingerprinting a network device (NMap can do this), but those methods are not very reliable on anything except the most common of hardware.
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A mac address doesn't identify a specific model of a device, but rather the the likely manufacturer. IEEE is the registration authority that contains a list of manufacturer prefixes.
This will ONLY tell you the likely vendor of the network device. I say likely since MAC addresses can be changed problematically to any value you want on most operating systems (I know Linux can). This means I could be running a HP network card or usb network adapter, but alter my mac address to report HTC as the manufacturer.
Another issue is that the network device talking to the network may be a third party device such as a USB network adapter (ethernet or WiFi), and have nothing to do with the original laptop.
There are methods of fingerprinting a network device (NMap can do this), but those methods are not very reliable on anything except the most common of hardware.
answered 2 hours ago
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A mac address doesn't identify a specific model of a device, but rather the the likely manufacturer. IEEE is the registration authority that contains a list of manufacturer prefixes.
This will ONLY tell you the likely vendor of the network device. I say likely since MAC addresses can be changed problematically to any value you want on most operating systems (I know Linux can). This means I could be running a HP network card or usb network adapter, but alter my mac address to report HTC as the manufacturer.
Another issue is that the network device talking to the network may be a third party device such as a USB network adapter (ethernet or WiFi), and have nothing to do with the original laptop.
There are methods of fingerprinting a network device (NMap can do this), but those methods are not very reliable on anything except the most common of hardware.
answered 2 hours ago
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A mac address doesn't identify a specific model of a device, but rather the the likely manufacturer. IEEE is the registration authority that contains a list of manufacturer prefixes.
This will ONLY tell you the likely vendor of the network device. I say likely since MAC addresses can be changed problematically to any value you want on most operating systems (I know Linux can). This means I could be running a HP network card or usb network adapter, but alter my mac address to report HTC as the manufacturer.
Another issue is that the network device talking to the network may be a third party device such as a USB network adapter (ethernet or WiFi), and have nothing to do with the original laptop.
There are methods of fingerprinting a network device (NMap can do this), but those methods are not very reliable on anything except the most common of hardware.
answered 2 hours ago
Daisetsu
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A mac address doesn't identify a specific model of a device, but rather the the likely manufacturer. IEEE is the registration authority that contains a list of manufacturer prefixes.
This will ONLY tell you the likely vendor of the network device. I say likely since MAC addresses can be changed problematically to any value you want on most operating systems (I know Linux can). This means I could be running a HP network card or usb network adapter, but alter my mac address to report HTC as the manufacturer.
Another issue is that the network device talking to the network may be a third party device such as a USB network adapter (ethernet or WiFi), and have nothing to do with the original laptop.
There are methods of fingerprinting a network device (NMap can do this), but those methods are not very reliable on anything except the most common of hardware.
answered 2 hours ago
Daisetsu
2,058515
answered 2 hours ago
Daisetsu
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answered 2 hours ago
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answered 2 hours ago
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