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kannan
kannan

Reputation: 31

Device Type identification from MAC address

Can I determine if a device is IPhone/IPad/IPod or Android from its MAC address ? MAC addresses can be used to identify the manufacturer but can I distinguish a Macbook pro from an IPhone ?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3091

Answers (1)

Marc B
Marc B

Reputation: 360592

Unless Apple uses unique wifi chipset suppliers for a Macbook that would never be used for an iphone (e.g. samsung for iphone and toshiba for macbook), a mac address will only ever tell you who manufactured the particular wifi chip in use. Maybe certain ranges of mac addresses would only ever show up in one type of device, but you'd have to compile that list yourself.

Upvotes: 1

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