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Cody M
Contributor I
Jan 17, 2017 12:15 AM UTC
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Ethernet vs wireless mac address

I live on a school campus with a secured wireless system where I have to register every device I have onto the network with their mac addresses. When connecting, it tells me I need a 12 character line for the address but my sonos products give me 13.

Which character do I drop for the wireless connection and for the wired connection for my sonos?
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    Jan 17, 2017 1:05 AM UTC
    Drop the last.
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    Cody MAuthor
    Contributor I
    Jan 17, 2017 1:39 AM UTC
    See I've dropped the last one and it works for the wireless but I couldn't get it to connect for the Ethernet. Should it be the same as the wireless or not?
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    ratty
    ratty
    Jan 17, 2017 10:39 AM UTC
    If you used the serial number, less the last character, for the wireless then that should work for Ethernet too.

    In fact the wireless MAC for SonosNet purposes is +1 with respect to the principal MAC, but the security system (and DHCP server) should just see the main MAC requesting access.
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