topic Re: Painted Access detects PC as a mobile device in Wireless

Painted Access detects PC as a mobile device

ALEJO_AMAYA — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 07:59:20 GMT

I WOULD LIKE HELP, SINCE WE CURRENTLY HAVE CREATED TWO WIFI ONE FOR ONLY WINDOWS AND MAC OS AND ANOTHER NETWORK FOR MOBILE DEVICES BUT WHEN WE ACTIVATE THE POLICIES SO THAT ONLY PCS CAN BE CONNECTED IN A NETWORK, SOME MERAKI DETECTS THEM AS MOBILE DEVICES, SOMEONE KNOWS HOW SOLVE THIS CASE.

Re: Painted Access detects PC as a mobile device

MerakiGnome — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:36:54 GMT

hi @ALEJO_AMAYA , i'm afraid the OS detection is pretty limited as you've discovered and your experience is pretty typical with this feature.

Do you have any other method of recognizing PC's and MAC's i.e via use of a domain and NPS?

Re: Painted Access detects PC as a mobile device

aleabrahao — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:07:02 GMT

The Meraki dashboard has NEVER shown devices or OS's accurately.

Meraki APs identify clients using a technique called OS fingerprinting. Each OS, and sometimes version of an OS, has a unique DHCP fingerprint. By examining a client’s DHCP request, we can tell which OS it is running.

Re: Painted Access detects PC as a mobile device

Karsten Iwen — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:11:32 GMT

Your defect Caps-Lock key is much more severe than missing client classification ... 😉

Re: Painted Access detects PC as a mobile device

MerakiGnome — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:21:28 GMT

🤣😂🤣😂 he’s clearly enraged