How can I determine that a MAC address belongs to a VPN?
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While launching ipconfig /all, I can see the description and the physical address (MAC address) of the computers on my computer:
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Description : Intel ...
Physical address : 48-4D-...
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Description : Teamviewer VPN adapter
Physical address : 00-FF-...
From the description, I can see which MAC address belongs to my PC and which one belongs to the VPN adapter.
Can I also find this out without reading the description? Is there a way to distinguish VPN related MAC address from "real" ones? (A Windows API answer is preferred, if possible)
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While launching ipconfig /all, I can see the description and the physical address (MAC address) of the computers on my computer:
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Description : Intel ...
Physical address : 48-4D-...
...
Description : Teamviewer VPN adapter
Physical address : 00-FF-...
From the description, I can see which MAC address belongs to my PC and which one belongs to the VPN adapter.
Can I also find this out without reading the description? Is there a way to distinguish VPN related MAC address from "real" ones? (A Windows API answer is preferred, if possible)
windows mac-address
asked Dec 5 at 12:17
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A VPN and Virtual machine are 2 different things. VPN = Virtual Private Network, VM (Virtual Machine) is software that emulates a pc in a virtual environment.
– LPChip
Dec 5 at 12:29
@LPChip: thanks, I've edited the question accordingly.
– Dominique
Dec 5 at 12:32
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While launching ipconfig /all, I can see the description and the physical address (MAC address) of the computers on my computer:
...
Description : Intel ...
Physical address : 48-4D-...
...
Description : Teamviewer VPN adapter
Physical address : 00-FF-...
From the description, I can see which MAC address belongs to my PC and which one belongs to the VPN adapter.
Can I also find this out without reading the description? Is there a way to distinguish VPN related MAC address from "real" ones? (A Windows API answer is preferred, if possible)
windows mac-address
asked Dec 5 at 12:17
Dominique
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While launching ipconfig /all, I can see the description and the physical address (MAC address) of the computers on my computer:
...
Description : Intel ...
Physical address : 48-4D-...
...
Description : Teamviewer VPN adapter
Physical address : 00-FF-...
From the description, I can see which MAC address belongs to my PC and which one belongs to the VPN adapter.
Can I also find this out without reading the description? Is there a way to distinguish VPN related MAC address from "real" ones? (A Windows API answer is preferred, if possible)
windows mac-address
windows mac-address
asked Dec 5 at 12:17
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asked Dec 5 at 12:17
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asked Dec 5 at 12:17
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asked Dec 5 at 12:17
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asked Dec 5 at 12:17
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A VPN and Virtual machine are 2 different things. VPN = Virtual Private Network, VM (Virtual Machine) is software that emulates a pc in a virtual environment.
– LPChip
Dec 5 at 12:29
@LPChip: thanks, I've edited the question accordingly.
– Dominique
Dec 5 at 12:32
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A VPN and Virtual machine are 2 different things. VPN = Virtual Private Network, VM (Virtual Machine) is software that emulates a pc in a virtual environment.
– LPChip
Dec 5 at 12:29
@LPChip: thanks, I've edited the question accordingly.
– Dominique
Dec 5 at 12:32
A VPN and Virtual machine are 2 different things. VPN = Virtual Private Network, VM (Virtual Machine) is software that emulates a pc in a virtual environment.
– LPChip
Dec 5 at 12:29
A VPN and Virtual machine are 2 different things. VPN = Virtual Private Network, VM (Virtual Machine) is software that emulates a pc in a virtual environment.
– LPChip
Dec 5 at 12:29
@LPChip: thanks, I've edited the question accordingly.
– Dominique
Dec 5 at 12:32
@LPChip: thanks, I've edited the question accordingly.
– Dominique
Dec 5 at 12:32
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There are databases for the MAC addresses, for example from Wireshark.
Since my powershell is utterly bad, I just wrote a small program to iterate over this list and check for a match in the file by Wireshark.
You may check it out and modify as you want: https://github.com/maio290/MacChecker
If no vendor is found for the device, I guess you can assume that this device is a virutal one.
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There are databases for the MAC addresses, for example from Wireshark.
Since my powershell is utterly bad, I just wrote a small program to iterate over this list and check for a match in the file by Wireshark.
You may check it out and modify as you want: https://github.com/maio290/MacChecker
If no vendor is found for the device, I guess you can assume that this device is a virutal one.
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There are databases for the MAC addresses, for example from Wireshark.
Since my powershell is utterly bad, I just wrote a small program to iterate over this list and check for a match in the file by Wireshark.
You may check it out and modify as you want: https://github.com/maio290/MacChecker
If no vendor is found for the device, I guess you can assume that this device is a virutal one.
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There are databases for the MAC addresses, for example from Wireshark.
Since my powershell is utterly bad, I just wrote a small program to iterate over this list and check for a match in the file by Wireshark.
You may check it out and modify as you want: https://github.com/maio290/MacChecker
If no vendor is found for the device, I guess you can assume that this device is a virutal one.
answered Dec 5 at 15:05
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There are databases for the MAC addresses, for example from Wireshark.
Since my powershell is utterly bad, I just wrote a small program to iterate over this list and check for a match in the file by Wireshark.
You may check it out and modify as you want: https://github.com/maio290/MacChecker
If no vendor is found for the device, I guess you can assume that this device is a virutal one.
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A VPN and Virtual machine are 2 different things. VPN = Virtual Private Network, VM (Virtual Machine) is software that emulates a pc in a virtual environment.
– LPChip
Dec 5 at 12:29
@LPChip: thanks, I've edited the question accordingly.
– Dominique
Dec 5 at 12:32