Switches are network layer 2 devices and thus work with mac addresses. Mac addresses are essential for creating a proper network switch topology.

However, with the mac address, we can at least resolve the manufacturer. Whenever JDisc Discovery has no access credentials or the device does not expose any standard protocol, then the device appeared as an unidentified device. This enables us to identify the manufacturer.

We have integrated the mapping in our product. You can also download the mac address to manufacturer database from various web pages. There are a lot of web pages to identify the manufacturer based on the mac address. Usually, the first three octets of a mac address identify the vendor.

Derive the manufacturer from the mac address.

There are two important reasons to get the mac addresses for as many devices as possible: Furthermore, it is not that easy to obtain mac addresses for each and every device. That doesn’t sound too spectacular, does it? However, this is a pretty important feature and I am going to explain why.

We will be able to get MAC addresses from devices in remote networks.

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