topic Re: Using MAC Address to identify mobile device in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63087#M3720 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm using a handheld device. It's command prompt is a little different. I tried typing in ipconfig, but it says bad command. I'm currently using visual basic for some programming with the WLAN device. Do you have any suggestions as to how I would call the MAC address of the device? I need this MAC address for identifying purposes but this is transparent to the user, so he is not expected to go to the command prompt and do anything...</P><P>Please help,</P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 May 2002 00:46:33 GMT mazmunk 2002-05-07T00:46:33Z Using MAC Address to identify mobile device https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63085#M3718 <P>Hi...</P><P></P><P>If there are so many mobile devices within an area, how do we identify who is at where? Can we use the MAC address? Would that be that of the WLAN card or the mobile device, say the PDA itself?</P><P>Also, does anyone know how to get the MAC address? I managed to find codes which work on the desktop. The codes however, is not supported on WinCE.</P><P></P><P>Please help,</P><P>Thanks!</P><P></P><P></P> Mon, 05 Jul 2021 06:08:26 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63085#M3718 mazmunk 2021-07-05T06:08:26Z Re: Using MAC Address to identify mobile device https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63086#M3719 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You would use the MAC address of the NIC that is plugged into the mobile device. Go to the command prompt and type "ipconfig /all", this will display the physical address or MAC of all NIC's thats on the device. </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 May 2002 22:33:40 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63086#M3719 tcloyd 2002-05-06T22:33:40Z Re: Using MAC Address to identify mobile device https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63087#M3720 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm using a handheld device. It's command prompt is a little different. I tried typing in ipconfig, but it says bad command. I'm currently using visual basic for some programming with the WLAN device. Do you have any suggestions as to how I would call the MAC address of the device? I need this MAC address for identifying purposes but this is transparent to the user, so he is not expected to go to the command prompt and do anything...</P><P>Please help,</P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 May 2002 00:46:33 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63087#M3720 mazmunk 2002-05-07T00:46:33Z Re: Using MAC Address to identify mobile device https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63088#M3721 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Okay, I understand now. I found a utility called HPC NetProfile from a company named Phatware that may be helpful. <A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.phatware.com/hpcprof.html" target="_blank">http://www.phatware.com/hpcprof.html</A> Let me know if this is useful. Also, you can download some good networking and other useful utilities for Windows CE from <A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.cewindows.net" target="_blank">http://www.cewindows.net</A> Good Luck.</P><P></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 07 May 2002 04:06:41 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63088#M3721 tcloyd 2002-05-07T04:06:41Z Re: Using MAC Address to identify mobile device https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63089#M3722 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How about if I have a NIC that I know the MAC addess but not the manufacturer? Is there any way to find out who made the NIC from the MAC address?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 05 Oct 2002 14:31:12 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63089#M3722 rhalkyard 2002-10-05T14:31:12Z Re: Using MAC Address to identify mobile device https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63090#M3723 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>rhalkyard----------Yes there is a search engine that you can try... here is the URL</P><P><A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.coe.uky.edu/~stu/nic/nic.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.coe.uky.edu/~stu/nic/nic.cfm</A></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Oct 2002 21:32:01 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/using-mac-address-to-identify-mobile-device/m-p/63090#M3723 jmiller 2002-10-07T21:32:01Z