C8 hub I configured for a friend at my house. Took it to him today. Hooked up ethernet cable, configured WIFI due to location issues. In his router I set up a reserved IP using the macid on the unit. After re-booting, etc. Could not connect to hub. Searched router for macid. Couldn't find it. Went …

[image] j715: So apparently there are 2 different macid's in the hub. One for ethernet and one for WIFI. Yes. That is pretty standard for a device with more than one network interface. When connected to WiFi, the hub doesn’t show its WiFi MAC address in the settings page?

[image] j715: So apparently there are 2 different macid's in the hub. One for ethernet and one for WIFI I've never seen it any other way on a device that offeres both Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity. AFAIK each connection needs it's own MAC.

[image] marktheknife: When connected to WiFi, the hub doesn’t show its WiFi MAC address in the settings page It shows the wrong macid. Nowhere in hub settings or info does it show the wifi macid. [image] danabw: AFAIK each connection needs it's own MAC I agree. But the hub only shows …

Maybe the hub UI prioritizes showing the Ethernet MAC because it’s used for other things, like logging into the diagnostic tool? Either way, if you reserve an IP address for a device’s Ethernet card, its WiFi card will always have a different MAC address and will be unaware of that DHCP reservation…

I agree with all you say, but the macid should show up somewhere on or in the hub setting. Without remote admin I could never have found it. Looking in the router would not help if I don’t know either the Mac or the ip.

This page finds hubs IPs on the local LAN https://findmyhub.hubitat.com/ It is made to be easy for people who are not up to speed on home networking. They would not even know what a MAC is or what to do with it even if it was provided.

Oops...I did miss this in your post above: [image] j715: And in the hub details it doesn't apparently show the correct one. I wasn't aware that when connected via Wi-Fi the Details page still displays the Ethernet MAC. I've never actually had any of my hubs connected via Wi-Fi so hadn't run …

Yeah, I kinda guess my main gripe is that the MAC isn't listed anywhere. And when it's connected to WIFI the mac shown in Hub Details should be the WIFI mac. Maybe something they should look at in further updates.

I would put that under the feature request tab. It's not a bad idea.

Thanks for putting the request in: [image] WiFi MAC id info Feature Requests C8 Hub only shows MAC for ethernet connection. Even if connected to WIFI. No where is the WIFI MAC shown. Somewhere in hub settings need that info.

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danabw September 25, 2024, 2:51pm 11

Thanks for putting the request in: