MAC Address Retrieval

[Jackal]

Hi guys,

ive got a server set up and wanted to know if it was possible to get the MAC address of people connected to the server.
Im hosting a gaming server which quiet frankly some do mess up the game with their hacks, i thought banning their MAC address would solve the problem, but i have no clue how to get it.

Any help would be much appreciated.



Thanks

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi guys,

ive got a server set up and wanted to know if it was possible to get the MAC address of people connected to the server.
Im hosting a gaming server which quiet frankly some do mess up the game with their hacks, i thought banning their MAC address would solve the problem, but i have no clue how to get it.

Any help would be much appreciated.



Thanks

Mac address isnt as helpful as IP. If they use 2 computers they will each have a different mac addy but the same IP. Yes you can ban by ip. Google it




Ken

 

[SledgeDG]

Just remember that most users have a dynamic IP so what you ban today might be a completely different person tomorrow. On the other hand it's no big deal to spoof a mac address.
So if someone is determined enough you can't really stop him (via automated settings, that is) without blocking a whole ISP.
Don't those guys on your server have to have some kind of login name/ password combination?
In that case you only have to monitor the new applicants in order to keep the "riffraff" out.

-DG

 

[richnrockville]

If your gaming people are on a local network, your router that is hosting dhcp
will tell you the MAC address's

If your looking to find out the MAC for people who are coming in from
outside IP's, you might be out of luck as the IP is probably assigned by
an ISP who's MAC would not do you any good.

But you might want to only allow certain IP's into your game server by
IP instead of MAC address's.

More info is necessary to give much of an intelligent answer such as
how they are connecting to your game server..

Rich

 

[Jackal]

thanks for the help guys, i might just stick with IP banning then