getting MAC address from XBOX

I setup MAC filtering on my Dlink 614+ router to increase security for my
wireless network but now my XBOX cant connect to XBOX LIVE because I havent
type in its MAC address into the router. Can I just do a ipconfig /a then
its ip address? thanks RadarG




RadarG

RadarG wrote:
> I setup MAC filtering on my Dlink 614+ router to increase security
> for my wireless network but now my XBOX cant connect to XBOX LIVE
> because I havent type in its MAC address into the router. Can I just
> do a ipconfig /a then its ip address? thanks RadarG

Eliminate the MAC filtering, turn on to Xbox Live, at least the friends
list, and then look at the active MAC table in the router Web GUI. The
Xbox MAC should show up there.

Q

1) Disable the MAC filtering.
2) Let the XBOX get an IP address some way or another and determine what it
is (left as an exercise for the reader).
3) From a Windows machine on the network, ping the XBOX.
4) From the same Windows machine's command line, type "arp -a". That will
give you the contents of the Windows machine's address resolution table,
which, since you just pinged the XBOX, will contain the IP-to-MAC
translation for the XBOX interface.
5) Reenable the MAC filtering and use the MAC address you learned in step 4.

Alternatively,
1) Disable the MAC filtering.
2) Let the XBOX get an IP address via DHCP.
3) On the DI-614+ Home/DHCP configuration page, read the MAC address off the
screen.
4) Reenable the MAC filtering and use the MAC address you learned in step 3.

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> I setup MAC filtering on my Dlink 614+ router to increase security for my
> wireless network but now my XBOX cant connect to XBOX LIVE because I
havent
> type in its MAC address into the router. Can I just do a ipconfig /a then
> its ip address? thanks RadarG
>
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