Use MAC address to associate device profile

[Yann R]

Currently, Serviio uses IP address to associate a profile to a device. Yet, many home network routers are simply allocating dynamically IP addresses through DHCP and most of the time the IP address of a device not always connected (like a game console, or a TB set) can change.

So as not to force the home user to change its network and define static IP addresses for his devices, could it be possible to use MAC addresses instead.

Some coders seem to say it's possible from Java:

• https://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-get-mac-address-in-java/
• http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0369.html
• http://www.gitspot.com/2012/02/java-code-to-get-mac-address-from.html

Regards.

[Petr Nejedly]

Already looked into this before. The examples linked are to get the MAC address of the local NIC, ie the Serviio server, not the devices that connect to it.

[Yann R]

Good catch. My mistake. Sorry for the noise on tickets with this impossible mission :-)

[Mike Clayton]

Can you use the UUID from the XML, now that you can assign accounts to the devices it’s a pain when the device gets a new IP and disassocates from the account.

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<root xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:device-1-0" xmlns:dlna="urn:schemas-dlna-org:device-1-0" xmlns:pnpx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/pnpx/2005/11" xmlns:df="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2008/09/devicefoundation">

<specVersion><major>1</major><minor>0</minor></specVersion>

<device><deviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaRenderer:1</deviceType><friendlyName>[LG] webOS TV SJ850V</friendlyName><manufacturer>LG Electronics.</manufacturer><manufacturerURL>http://www.lge.com</manufacturerURL><modelDescription>LG WebOSTV DMRplus</modelDescription><modelName>LG TV</modelName><modelURL/><modelNumber>1.0</modelNumber><serialNumber/><UDN>uuid:138016f6-17db-c342-aa2d-b600762e90ca</UDN><pnpx:X_compatibleId>MS_DigitalMediaDeviceClass_DMR_V001</pnpx:X_compatibleId><pnpx:X_deviceCategory>MediaDevices</pnpx:X_deviceCategory><df:X_deviceCategory>Multimedia.DMR</df:X_deviceCategory><df:X_modelId>LG Digital Media Renderer TV</df:X_modelId><lge:X_LG_DLNA_DOC xmlns:lge="urn:lge-com:device-1-0">1.0</lge:X_LG_DLNA_DOC><dlna:X_DLNADOC xmlns:dlna="urn:schemas-dlna-org:device-1-0">DMR-1.50</dlna:X_DLNADOC>

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[Petr Nejedly]

It’s already used, for the devices that support devicedescription. For those that don’t, IP is required.