Having said that, most of the 802.11 software allows you to change the MAC address on the fly. So... perhaps the answer is definitely a lot more miss.
At 04:53 PM 6/24/02 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >yawp, MAC address are split up/assigned by manufacturer, in fact it's >pretty much how linux tells which vendor's card/chipset you are using by >matching up the vendor against the MAC's string. > >search google for something like "MAC address string vendor list" and you >should be able to find some useful listings. the open-source unix app >ettercap (ettercap.sourceforge.net) has a built in 'fingerprinting' >functionality based on matching MAC strings w/vendor's list. > >as far as the specific model goes, that's kinda hit-or-miss (a lot more >miss). best intutive guess off the MAC would be to know of several of >other confirmed MAC addresses for the same vendor/model and the target >you're guessing falls within that range since they're usually run off the >same production line. > >On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Terry Ewing wrote: > > > All, > > Is there a good way to identify the brand of wireless gateway from the > > MAC address? I'm not sure if WEP is encapsulated within the Ethernet > packet > > or around the ethernet packet so maybe this question is not even valid, but > > shouldn't I be able to look up the MAC address of the AP and find the > > manufacturer and possibly the model? I know wired Ethernet cards have the > > first few bytes of the MAC address the same for all cards manufactured by > > the same vendor. I'd assume the same is true with wireless. Is it? > > > > Thanks! > > -Terry > > > > -- > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > >-- >NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ >Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ >Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
