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Finding MAC Address
May seem like dumb question but I cannot figure out how to get the MAC address. Addressses on Extender label are for connecting other devices to the extender. I need the mac to connect extender to my...
Thanks but you are talking over my head. Seems like there'd be a simple way to do this. The Gateway is FIOS G-1100 fr Verizon. Need MAC to connect extender via Wifi to Gateway. Do NOT need IP for logging into extender.
I have actually already set up the extender, but I have about 50 devices on my network and I'm trying to figure out which one is the extender.
Have posted to other forum.
> Thanks but you are talking over my head. [...]
Which part of the following was unclear?:
> "connect" it _how_? Wired? Wireless?
I don't understand why you need any MAC address "to connect extender
to [your] gateway."
> [...] Need MAC to connect extender via Wifi to Gateway. [...]
Why, exactly? What would you be doing with that MAC address? Are
you following some set of instructions or other? Care to share?
> [...] I have about 50 devices on my network and I'm trying to figure
> out which one is the extender.
This is not a problem requiring the reasoning capabilities of a
Sherlock Holmes. Which one of those devices disappears from the list
when the extender is disabled? What happens when you point a web
browser at each of them?
Thank you but you can find someone else to talk down to. I'm unsubsribed.