Get MAC address of connected device

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
#1

Hi I have ssh connection to my OpenWrt router from mobile phone I want to get mobile phone's mac address from executing command in OpenWrt shell is there any way to do it?

#2

There are several ways

iwinfo wlan0 assoclist

or

ubus call hostapd.wlan0 get_clients

or

iw ...
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#3

instead of getting list can I get exactly one ( which is mobile phone I'am running )

#4

Can u setup luci?
And then just go to the Associated Clients.
Often there you can see the hostname and IP + MAC.

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#5 
ip neigh show "${SSH_CONNECTION%% *}" | cut -d " " -f 5
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#6

Get the IP address from the environment, if dropbear supports it. Use the ARP table to get the associated MAC, wireless or wired. (See post above)

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#7

Exactly What I wanted , THANK YOU..

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#8

Hi can I get device's MAC address as this?

#9

Do you need the MAC address of the router?
If so, then LAN or WAN interface?

#10

WLAN interface

#11 
ip link show wlan0 | awk -e '/^\s*link\//{print $2}'
ip link show br-lan | awk -e '/^\s*link\//{print $2}'
#12

perfect , Thanks again

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