DescriptionHow to find out the MAC address of an AP from the AP serial no.
ScopeKB
ARTICLE TYPE: Troubleshooting
RELATED
PRODUCTS: All
APs
RELATED
SOFTWARE VERSIONS: NA
KEYWORDS: serial
number,
APSolutionThis KB has been written
to understand how the serial no. is generated for an AP. The AP serial
no. is a 15/21 digit alpha-numeric sequence. It can be de-multiplexed as
follows:From Left
to
Right:
1st 2
digits - Week of
Production
2nd 2
digits - Year of
Production
Next 5
digits - Model
Type
Next 6/12
digits - Last 3 octets of the AP Wireless MAC
address
E.g.:
1.
1611AP3200000CE60ABDEB - This is an AP 320 whose manufacturing date is
the 16th week of 2011 and bears wireless MAC address -
00:0c:e6:0a:bd:eb.
2.
4811A433E0A64AD - This is an AP 433e whose manufacturing date is the
48th week of 2011 and bears wireless MAC address
00:0c:e6:0a:64:ad.
00:0c:e6
is the Meru
OID
