Originally Posted by daperl

An n8x0 Python hack to get MAC address:

Code:

import os

for line in os.popen('/sbin/ifconfig'):
    if line.find('wlan0') > -1:
        mac = line.split()[4]
        print mac

Originally Posted by Fargus

Should therefore work as unique number for any GSM device.

Originally Posted by fragos

Linux uses vendor:device hex codes as in 046d:c03f for my Logitech mouse. Udev uses these to identify devices as well in /lib/udev/rules.d. Here's an example of rule file 50-video.rules which I created to set special mount points for video devices.

KERNEL=="video*", SYSFS{vendor}=="0x4444", SYSFS{device}=="0x0016", SYSFS{name}=="ivtv0 encoder MPEG", SYMLINK+="video/pvr150"
KERNEL=="video*", SYSFS{vendor}=="0x109e", SYSFS{device}=="0x036e", SYMLINK+="video/bttv"
KERNEL=="video*", SYSFS{vendor}=="0x046d", SYSFS{device}=="0x092e", SYMLINK+="video/webcam"

Hopefully this will give you some hints on where to look as it relates to Nokia tablets. Note that will identify the device as in vendor and model and isn't like a mac address which identifies a port on the network.

Originally Posted by Kieron

Could one not install something like macchanger to spoof or get mac? I've used such a thing on Ubuntu a few years back when messing with WEP cracking.