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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  • 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.
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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)










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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
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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)










share|improve this question













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)







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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










  • @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.






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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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