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Apr 26, 2014 4:04 PM in response to Thomas Jefferson The Prezby babowa,★HelpfulThe MAC address is for networking and, if you set up your router that way, to protect your wireless network.
The model identifier is more than likely what you want and/or you can look up your Mac here including the original buikd number(s):
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May 9, 2014 5:29 PM in response to babowaby Thomas Jefferson The Prez,Thanks for your response.
I was just curious because I was able to enter MAC addresses into a database online and this yielded information on the manufacturer of the device with the MAC address I entered. I can get more specific if that would help. I was just wondering if more information could be gleaned from the MAC address about the exact product.
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May 9, 2014 6:23 PM in response to Thomas Jefferson The Prezby babowa,Yes, getting more specific would help - a link to the database?
I use MAC authentication to protect my wireless network, in other words no device can use my network unless their MAC address has been entered and authorized in my modem/router online settings. I just now copied my printer's MAC address and googled that and the only results were some jibberish.
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May 9, 2014 7:40 PM in response to Thomas Jefferson The Prezby Frank Caggiano,You might want to have a look at MAC address - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for a description of how MAC addresses are assigned and what they mean.
Basically part of the MAC address will identify the manufacturer, the rest of the address can be used as the manufacturer sees fit as long as it is unique.
So it is possible some manufacturers might encode the device into the MAC address but it is not universal or mandatory.
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May 9, 2014 7:43 PM in response to Frank Caggianoby babowa,Interesting - thanks, learned something new!