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Re: tracing a mac address said by horacebork:also, can i scan my network for a mac address?
Well you can't "scan" as such but you can use an arp utility either on a PC or on your router if it supports it's use.
As jaykaykay  said you can lookup a MAC address to find some basic info.
For example this site says this
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MAC address 0024D2
Company Askey Computer
about 00:24:d2:ab:05:50.
From that log it looks to me as though someone tried to connect to your Wi-Fi but didn't successfully connect.
Are you using security for your Wi-Fi? You should be using WPA-AES with a long password. WEP is breakable in seconds and address filtering is easily bypassed.
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| If I'm not mistaken, FiOS Actiontek routers have an "Askey Computer" MAC address. |
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the wireless is wpa2 with a strong password, but not a full-length (64 byte) password, which i have been avoiding.
maybe it's time to bring that issue to the front.
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a fios router on the network would be truly odd because our building is wired for cable and does not have fios.
it has to be something else.
now i just want to scan the other apartments on the network for that mac address.
btw: i have cut my router output to 50% to reduce it's range.
would a vpn prevent others from connecting to my wifi?
also, my wifi is set to not broadcast. not sure how someone picked up the network name.
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mac filters are easily circumvented. It will cause trouble for legitimate clients and not affect the bad guys at all.
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davePremium,MVM
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In case you didn't know, Windows has an ARP command. This only seems to query the local ARP cache, so may be of limited use.
To resolve a MAC address to an IP address, arp -a | findstr nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn |
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kudos:1 | 192.168.1.104
now what? |
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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said by dave:In case you didn't know, Windows has an ARP command. Yes I know.
This only seems to query the local ARP cache, so may be of limited use.
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...you can use an arp utility either on a PC or on your router if it supports it's use.
My router has a very good command line processor and since I have it configured as a DHCP server I'd use it's ARP command (and have).
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| stuartmw:
I'm aware of that too. Not knowing whether the OP let his router assign IP's (most common) or has a service on a PC doing it I wrote
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...you can use an arp utility either on a PC or on your router if it supports it's use.
i'm almost positive there's no command line access.
might there be a way that some mix of disabling dhcp and other configs could help secure the router?
re: arp - i'm running os x, i have arp on the command line.
how can i utilize this to help secure my network?
and would some machine on the network always have to be on?
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| So wait you statically assign IPs, yet you left DHCP on? From a quick Google search I see that good ol' Apple doesn't think you'd ever want to disable DHCP. Here's a workaround: »macnugget.org/projects/aebx/
Since your router has no command line access you can't check the ARP command there so you're basically at the end of the road here. |
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said by Raphion:If I'm not mistaken, FiOS Actiontek routers have an "Askey Computer" MAC address.
Just to add to this, Askey is a huge Chinese OEM, they make network gear for lots of other brands (they're known to make equipment under contract for Actiontec, Netgear, and more). So you cannot really tell much of anything from the vendor name. Probably anyone with a cheap brand USB Wi-Fi adapter is using an Askey made design under the plastic encolosure. |
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kudos:1 | cool name
Askey = ACSII |
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| said by AVD:cool name
Askey = ACSII
Yeah I know it is a pretty neat little name. |
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said by horacebork:i like to use static ips, so i assign them. Actually I have some static IP's and some pseudo-static IP's (IP's assigned through DHCP but "static" based on their MAC address).
That mean's I don't have a have a local DNS server (I use Windows HOST files to name my stuff).
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said by AVD:Askey = ACSII For me Ass-Key came to mind 
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davePremium,MVM
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kudos:8 | Is it related to that 'password safe' product?
Keep-Ass. |
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said by horacebork:also, my wifi is set to not broadcast. not sure how someone picked up the network name. You might want to read this
Myth vs. reality: Wireless SSIDs
Using WPA2 with a longish password (mine is 63-chars of pseudo-random upper/lower case, digits and symbols) is your best protection. The other stuff doesn't really help, insofar as security, but can still be useful IMO.
BTW do you have WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) enabled? That is breakable.
WiFi Protected Setup Flaw Can Lead to Compromise of Router PINs
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| Looks like Apple has WPS, but doesn't use it by default and they removed it from their setup wizard in more recent versions.
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It seems the picture is getting clearer with every post and I think we can say that using Apple's routers is safe with respect to the current WPS-threat as long as one does not choose to run the optional "Add Wireless Clients..." function (Menu "Base Station" in Airport Utility).
Sheesh, Apple makes technical details so hard to find... People weren't even sure if it did WPS initially since they of course used a different name instead of WPS, and then they've removed the feature from their setup tool, but you can still get to it from older version of the tool, etc. etc. |
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| said by SpHeRe31459:Sheesh, Apple makes technical details so hard to find... Well that is consistent with their whole philosophy of hiding technical details so the "average user" can use the product (whatever it is).
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re: depressing info about unbroadcast ssid - got it
re: 63 char wpa2 password - next on my list [edit] done.
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