On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 01:30, Andrew Hunter wrote:
> Hi.  Have any of you all had experience in tracking down unauthorized
> wireless routers on an ethernet?  I am looking for general procedures.  The
> question is inspired by a real-life situation, of course, but I would like
> to learn good practices for future problems.  Typically, the device acquires
> an IP address by DHCP, but the address is not necessarily easily tracked
> down.  Besides, I am most interested in discovering the physical location of
> the device and acquiring sufficient access to it as to be able to test its
> resistance to a 2,500 PSI metalsmith's clamp.  Any ideas?  Many thanks.
> 
> Andrew

The first few bytes in a MAC address are a manufacturer code
<http://www.iana.org/assignments/ethernet-numbers>, that should help a
little. My WAP doesn't have an address. It's completely transparent.
There's probably a way to tell that it's there, but it wouldn't be easy.
It behaves exactly like a switch. (Which means that my provider gets
exactly the amount of control they want, we're allowed to have
switches.)


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