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Re: [Madinas] MAC address stickers on devices

Behcet Sarikaya <sarikaya2012@gmail.com> Fri, 14 May 2021 16:23 UTC

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From: Behcet Sarikaya <sarikaya2012@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 11:22:45 -0500
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Subject: Re: [Madinas] MAC address stickers on devices
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I agree with Tim here.

Behcet

On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:30 PM Juan Carlos Zuniga <j.c.zuniga@ieee.org>
wrote:

> Coming back to the original question:
>
>
>> I find that many devices that have WIFI in them will have their MAC
>> address
>> printed on the outside.
>> ...
>> Is there a regulatory (FCC, CRTC, etc.) requirement for the device to
>> be identifiable like this because there is a radio inside?
>>
>>
> Most regulatory compliance requirements on electronic products refer to
> the electromagnetic radiation. This has to do with safety as well as with
> conformance to frequency spectrum rules.
>
> Also, most stickers are optional and only identify the trade name and
> model of the device. This means that there is no need to identify the
> specific unit or lot (it is not like a whole batch of WiFi devices will go
> bad because it was stored outside a freezer...).
>
> In most cases when a serial # or a MAC address is printed outside it is
> because it is used by the manufacturer or the administrator for
> identification purposes, like guarantee, service, support, etc.
>
> I don't think we have a protocol in IETF to print identifiers on labels,
> but if someone is interested in writing a draft I would be curious about
> the contents ;)
>
> Jc
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