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58kk90
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Posted: 04:27pm 15 May 2025
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Apologies if this is a stupid question, but I have searched the forum, and the Webmite manual without any luck.

I need to find the MAC address of the Pico W as my wireless AP has media access control enabled for security, so I have to assign the MAC address and give it an IP address (no DHCP allowed) before the device can connect to WiFi.
Obviously, I could use my phone as a wifi hotspot, then connect the Pico W to the phone, look up it's mac address on the phone, but I am sure there must be some way to get it from the console? mm.info(mac address) or something like that ?

Anyone ever done it and if so how?

Tony
 
Andy-g0poy
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Posted: 05:20pm 15 May 2025
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I cannot see anything obvious.

My usual method is to fire up, wireshark and sniff the packets.

Andy
 
ville56
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Posted: 06:06pm 15 May 2025
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If your router/AP has a logfile you may see the failed connect request with the MAC address.
                                                                 
73 de OE1HGA, Gerald
 
dddns
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Posted: 06:36pm 15 May 2025
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Try pinging it from your PC and list your ARP cache in a terminal. Can't remember the windows syntax

sorry..did not read carefully..I don't know yet

Try: MM.INFO(TCPIP STATUS)
Edited 2025-05-16 04:47 by dddns
 
barewires
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Posted: 12:18am 16 May 2025
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Print "MMinfo"
Print Time$,Date$
Print "MM.Ver", MM.VER, "MM.Device$", MM.DEVICE$
Print "MM.Info(version)", MM.Info(version)
Print "MM.Info(SYSTEM HEAP)",MM.Info(SYSTEM HEAP)
Print "MM.Info(FLASH)",MM.Info(FLASH)
Print "MM.Info(VERSION)",MM.Info(VERSION)
Print "MM.Info(ID),MM.Info(IP ADDRESS)",MM.Info(ID),MM.Info(IP ADDRESS)
Print "MM.Info(TCPIP STATUS)",MM.Info(TCPIP STATUS)
Print "MM.Info(WIFI STATUS)",MM.Info(WIFI STATUS)
Print "MM.Info(BOOT COUNT)",MM.Info(BOOT COUNT)
Print "MM.Info(CPUSPEED)",MM.Info(CPUSPEED)
Print "MM.Info(CURRENT)",MM.Info(CURRENT)

> RUN
MMinfo
01:08:55        16-05-2025
MM.Ver   6.0002 MM.Device$      WebMite RP2350A
MM.Info(version)         6.0002
MM.Info(SYSTEM HEAP)     80272
MM.Info(FLASH)   0
MM.Info(VERSION)         6.0002
MM.Info(ID),MM.Info(IP ADDRESS) A529D050D8A     192.168.1.7
MM.Info(TCPIP STATUS)    3
MM.Info(WIFI STATUS)     1
MM.Info(BOOT COUNT)      3
MM.Info(CPUSPEED)       150000000
MM.Info(CURRENT)        NONE
> option list
WebMite MMBasic RP2350A Edition V6.00.02RC23
OPTION FLASH SIZE 4194304
OPTION CPUSPEED (KHz) 150000
OPTION WIFI TALKTALK*, ********, PICOA529D050D8A
 
TassyJim

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Posted: 02:03am 16 May 2025
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MM.Info(ID) is the serial number, not the MAC



If it is not in the AP logs, 58kk90 will have to get it the way mentioned in his first post.

Jim
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58kk90
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Posted: 04:09am 16 May 2025
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Thanks to everyone who replied, I had assumed it would be something that there was a specific command that would obtain the MAC address.

As there was a time constraint in that I needed to test the idea, I used the method I mentioned in my opening post, that gave me the MAC address on the mobile phone hotspot, I then put it on a sticker and stuck it on the Pico W, I was then able to assign it an IP and get it on my wirelss AP.

Perhaps something Peter could consider for the next release, something like mm.info(MAC) as I am sure that other people could have the same issue at some point.

Tony
Edited 2025-05-16 18:10 by 58kk90
 
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