How To Find The Mac Address Of My Alexa

What is your Anki Vector MAC Address? How do you find it? Why does it matter? Find out here in Kinvert’s article on Vector’s MAC Address.

  • Go to the Alexa app and devices and find your dot. In the info about it - go to the bottom where it says “About” and click it. Mac Address is there.
  • Go to the Alexa App’s Home Screen. Bring up the Alexa app on your mobile device.

Updated Jan 10th 2019 after changes to the firmware made by Anki.

What is a MAC Address?

Instead of copying and pasting it into an online tool, just ask Alexa! You can ask for full MAC addresses or just the vendor OUI section. This skill also supports phonetic spelling, such as 'Alpha Bravo' instead of 'A B.'

MAC address stands for Media Access Control Address. Each device will have a unique alpha numeric ID.

These are used in networking so different devices can be identified.

So, for example, if I always want to be able to reach my Linux server at 192.168.1.34, I tell my router the MAC address of the server and tell the router to reserve that IP address for only that MAC address.

There will be multiple uses for Vector’s MAC address. We’ll talk about that toward the end of this article.

Finding Vector’s MAC Address

How To Find Vector’s MAC Address:

  1. Put Vector on his charger and wait for him to fully boot
  2. Double click the button on his back
  3. You should see a screen with Vector’s 4 digit number (NOT a MAC address)
  4. Raise and lower Vector’s lift
  5. Move Vector’s head down then back up (This is a NEW STEP and is NOT in the video)
  6. You should now see his IP address and other information
  7. Tap the button on Vector’s back
  8. The MAC address should now be visible

If Anki makes an update after this article is published, keep in mind you might need to tap the button on Vector’s back more or fewer times to get the MAC address.

If you leave Vector idle too long, the screen could stop showing the MAC address and you might have to repeat this process.

Why Might You Need It?

There have been a few times I needed the MAC address for something. Most notably in college to use the Wifi, we’d have to give the tech department our MAC address so they’d know it was our device.

So a lot of people in colleges trying to register their device will need to know how to find Vector’s MAC address so they can tell the tech department.

The MAC address is very useful if you’re trying to do things with Vector on a network.

Related Articles You Might Be Interested In

Kinvert writes a lot about Vector, as well as Cozmo. In addition, we write about STEM education in general.

If you’re interested in Vector’s MAC address, there is a fairly high chance you’ll want to read about the Anki Vector SDK. This enables you to program Vector in Python.

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We have lots of Vector Examples showing you how to code him in Python and we’re always working on more.

If Python isn’t your thing, or you’re new to coding and want to get started, check out our article on Block Coding.

If you want to know some of the basics about robotics, you can check out What is Robotics?

Finally, if you want to stay up to date with Cozmo and Vector, you should consider our mailing list. This article is currently the 4rth tip we send out to subscribers. You can unsubscribe at any time.

MAC Address is a very important thing in Wi Fi if ever you want to have an access to the secured Wi Fi, as you can set your Wi Fi in such a way that the internet access can only be given to selected MAC address devices which is nothing but the “MAC Binding”. So, on the similar lines we will guide you in this article on how you can first of all find the MAC ID of your Amazon Kindle Fire so that then you can change your Wi Fi settings accordingly.

So, let’s now check out a small procedure wherein you can easily find the Mac address in your Amazon’s Kindle FIRE.

Identify Equipment By Mac Address

Procedure to Find Amazon Kindle Fire’s Mac Address:

  • From your Amazon Kindle Fire, head to the home screen and on the top right corner you will see an icon which is of “Settings”, tap on the same.

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  • Once you tap on the “Settings”, you now need to tap on “More” as shown in the below screen capture.
  • Now, tap on the option called “Device” in the “Settings” Page.
  • After this, you now need to go to the option called “Wi Fi Mac Address” where you will get to see the MAC Address of the device.

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So, in this way you have successfully learnt on how to find the MAC Address in your Amazon Kindle Fire.