There's also chatter on Amazon forums that there might be eventually an Alexa skill to make the Echo speak its mac. Lee, if you have an open ssid, and have the ip address the device got from it, maybe a script that queries your dhcp through a web page could be an idea?
Manon Lessard Technicienne en développement de systèmes CCNP Direction des technologies de l'information Pavillon Louis-Jacques-Casault 1055, avenue du Séminaire Bureau 0403 Université Laval, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada 418 656-2131, poste 12853 Télécopieur : 418 656-7305 manon.less...@dti.ulaval.ca<mailto:manon.less...@dti.ulaval.ca> www.dti.ulaval.ca<http://www.dti.ulaval.ca/> Avis relatif à la confidentialité | Notice of Confidentiality<http://www.rec.ulaval.ca/lce/securite/confidentialite.htm> [Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Description : Logo de l'Université Laval] From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Carter Sent: 1 mars 2016 11:04 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Self-registered MAC device bypass- worth the headaches? Yep, but it feels like we're always playing catch up. Especially in spring after everyone brings back their latest Christmas gift. BTW, the instructions for the Echo are "contact Amazon support and they will email you the MAC". Thomas Carter Network & Operations Manager Austin College From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Williams, Matthew Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 9:22 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Self-registered MAC device bypass- worth the headaches? Our helpdesk folks sat down and wrote up documents on how to find the MAC addresses for as many devices as they could. We haven't done any instructions for the Amazon Echoes yet. We hit the most common devices and are waiting to see what tickets we get for devices that we missed so we can build them into our registration page. Our registration page was written in-house and the developers set it up to display the instructions for finding the MAC address, including screen shots, based on the device that you selected in the drop down. Respectfully, Matt From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Carter Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 10:01 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Self-registered MAC device bypass- worth the headaches? This is something we struggle with, especially being a small school. Keeping up with the latest Chromecast/Roku/Amazon Echo, etc devices is near impossible. A big thank you to product designers who put the MAC on a label on the outside. Thomas Carter Network & Operations Manager Austin College From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 8:12 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Self-registered MAC device bypass- worth the headaches? Hi Everyone, Not looking for a lot of input on all of the things you CAN do- just asking a focused question for those that are doing it. We're piloting the ability for students to self-register games, TVs, Roku, etc. but am astounded at how hard some devices are to find MAC addresses for from the user side. Amazon Echo is notorious, also fighting with a Roku 2. No labels, not easy to find in menu. Sure, you can find all of this on APs, but that isn't "self-service" for self-registration. Anyone have thoughts, comments, scars, suggestions? I know Clearpass and ISE can fingerprint, but I'm finding that's far from accurate at times, and again- doesn't help with "register YOUR device by MAC" for users that can't see what network admins use. -Lee Badman Lee H. Badman Network Architect/Wireless TME ITS, Syracuse University 315.443.3003 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
