topic Re: MAC address not available in Streaming

MAC address not available

Alrazi — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:08:55 GMT

I get new Chromecast with Android TV, my home network has MAC address filter, in the previous generation it was easy to get MAC from Google Home App, but with this new device Google Home App say it is unable to to get MAC address it is printed on device, I check the device but found FCC ID 8CHARACTER, IC 6 CHARACTER & other 14 character.

What I know is MAC address is 12 character!

Re: MAC address not available

CarlosS — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:53:49 GMT

You might be able to get the MAC under the network settings of Android using the remote control. Keep in mind newer Android versions use randomized macs unless you configure it to use the actual hardware MAC. I don't know if that applies to Android TV though.

Re: MAC address not available

Alrazi — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:20:09 GMT

I couldn't reach to the step where could check the MAC via remote control because the Internet connection is critical step in advance.

I resolved the problem in another way, I stopped MAC filtering for while to stablish internet connection and then check the new appeared MAC in my modem which shall be belongs to the newly joined device "Chromecast with Android TV" then reactivate the MAC filtering 😊

Re: MAC address not available

CarlosS — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:22:33 GMT

Glad you were able to solve it. I guess another option would be to configure it using the phone internet, then get the MAC, then set it up on the other network.

Re: MAC address not available

Alrazi — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:33:52 GMT

Good, you mean using internet of mobile SIM card via hotspot; unfortunately in my country mobile internet is very limited, maximum speed could you get actually is 120 in kilobytes not Mb 😭 we use it only for Whatsapp text when be away from ADSL land line based services which could give you actually maximum speed of 0.55 Mb.

Thank you for advice ☺️

Re: MAC address not available

CarlosS — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:42:15 GMT

That makes sense. You are welcome and feel free to come back if you have any other questions.

Re: MAC address not available

Jeran — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 16:15:38 GMT

Hey there!

It looks like Alrazi was able to find that MAC address, so I'm locking the thread. As always, feel free to make a new thread if you have any more questions or concerns.

Thank you for your help, InstantBits!

Best regards,

Jeran