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    From John Hill@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 4 20:28:40 2023
    How can I find out the MAC addresses of an iPad and an iPad?

    John.


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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to yclept@outlook.com on Thu May 4 17:34:24 2023
    In article <u314ho$1vhbf$1@dont-email.me>, John Hill
    <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:

    How can I find out the MAC addresses of an iPad and an iPad?

    two ways on the device:

    - settings>general>about, scroll to wi-fi address

    - settings>wi-fi, tap on the i of the wifi network in use, scroll to
    wi-fi address

    another way is check your router for all connected devices.

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  • From David Taylor@21:1/5 to John Hill on Fri May 5 07:07:35 2023
    On 04/05/2023 21:28, John Hill wrote:
    How can I find out the MAC addresses of an iPad and an iPad?

    John.

    John,

    For a Wi-Fi connection, click on the connected service, and you get "Wi-Fi Address", which is its MAC address. I can't see a way to check the Bluetooth address, but it /may/ be very similar excepting the final byte.

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.inval on Fri May 5 08:16:30 2023
    On 5 May 2023 at 07:07:35 BST, "David Taylor" <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

    On 04/05/2023 21:28, John Hill wrote:
    How can I find out the MAC addresses of an iPad and an iPad?

    John.

    John,

    For a Wi-Fi connection, click on the connected service, and you get "Wi-Fi Address", which is its MAC address. I can't see a way to check the Bluetooth address, but it /may/ be very similar excepting the final byte.

    Thank you both. I'm trying to identify an "Unknown" device that appeared on my WiFi network at the same time as the iMac. Its MAC address is 9A:2F:9C:8D:63:83, which is down as No Vendor Assigned.

    Aren't Apple devices supposed to identify themselves when they join a network? I seem to remember that they used to. Perhaps there is a button for this, too!

    John.
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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.inval on Fri May 5 07:45:57 2023
    In article <u326f7$26ng6$1@dont-email.me>, David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

    How can I find out the MAC addresses of an iPad and an iPad?


    For a Wi-Fi connection, click on the connected service, and you get "Wi-Fi Address", which is its MAC address. I can't see a way to check the Bluetooth address,

    both the wifi & bluetooth mac addresses are in settings>general>about,
    right next to each other.

    but it /may/ be very similar excepting the final byte.

    no.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk on Fri May 5 07:46:00 2023
    In article <u32e0u$2963h$1@dont-email.me>, John Hill
    <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


    Thank you both. I'm trying to identify an "Unknown" device that appeared on my
    WiFi network at the same time as the iMac. Its MAC address is 9A:2F:9C:8D:63:83, which is down as No Vendor Assigned.

    the mac address could be spoofed.

    Aren't Apple devices supposed to identify themselves when they join a network?

    depends if it's configured to spoof or not.

    I seem to remember that they used to. Perhaps there is a button for this, too!

    there is.

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to John Hill on Fri May 5 14:06:45 2023
    On 2023-05-05, John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
    On 5 May 2023 at 07:07:35 BST, "David Taylor"
    <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
    On 04/05/2023 21:28, John Hill wrote:

    How can I find out the MAC addresses of an iPad and an iPad?

    For a Wi-Fi connection, click on the connected service, and you get
    "Wi-Fi Address", which is its MAC address. I can't see a way to
    check the Bluetooth address, but it /may/ be very similar excepting
    the final byte.

    Thank you both. I'm trying to identify an "Unknown" device that
    appeared on my WiFi network at the same time as the iMac. Its MAC
    address is 9A:2F:9C:8D:63:83, which is down as No Vendor Assigned.

    Do a scan with `arp -a` and see if it shows up there.

    Aren't Apple devices supposed to identify themselves when they join a network? I seem to remember that they used to. Perhaps there is a
    button for this, too!

    It's possible you're just seeing a randomized MAC address: <https://support.apple.com/guide/security/wi-fi-privacy-secb9cb3140c/web>

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to nospam on Sat May 6 17:05:11 2023
    nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <u32e0u$2963h$1@dont-email.me>, John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


    Thank you both. I'm trying to identify an "Unknown" device that appeared on my
    WiFi network at the same time as the iMac. Its MAC address is
    9A:2F:9C:8D:63:83, which is down as No Vendor Assigned.

    the mac address could be spoofed.

    Aren't Apple devices supposed to identify themselves when they join a network?

    depends if it's configured to spoof or not.

    I seem to remember that they used to. Perhaps there is a button for this, too!

    there is.


    That last reminds me of the Minister's definition of the perfect answer to
    a Parliamentary Question to his
    Permanent Secretary. It is complete, concise, exact, to the point and
    contains no useful information whatsoever.

    Where, pray, might I find this button?

    John.

    --
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
    Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to yclept@outlook.com on Sat May 6 14:02:55 2023
    In article <u361c7$2uand$1@dont-email.me>, John Hill
    <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:

    Thank you both. I'm trying to identify an "Unknown" device that appeared >> on my
    WiFi network at the same time as the iMac. Its MAC address is
    9A:2F:9C:8D:63:83, which is down as No Vendor Assigned.

    the mac address could be spoofed.

    Aren't Apple devices supposed to identify themselves when they join a
    network?

    depends if it's configured to spoof or not.

    I seem to remember that they used to. Perhaps there is a button for this, >> too!

    there is.


    That last reminds me of the Minister's definition of the perfect answer to
    a Parliamentary Question to his
    Permanent Secretary. It is complete, concise, exact, to the point and contains no useful information whatsoever.

    it answered your question.

    Where, pray, might I find this button?

    settings>wifi and tap the i for the active network, scroll down to the
    'private wi-fi address' switch and toggle it as desired. setting it to
    private will use a spoofed mac address.

    any time it's changed, it will alert that the connection will drop, and
    then display the new mac address (spoofed or not).

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