I have a list of IP addresses, and I want to know how to filter mobile / smart phone IPs from the list...any suggestions?
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You can't. Even if you had a list of IP addresses and corresponding MACs you can't.
Probably the only thing you can do is, if they are public IP addresses, and you have good knowledge of all the carriers networks, is take a best guess based on the known 3G/4G ranges of each ISP.
For example, if I see a 1.0.0.0/8 IP address (which my phone often gets), chances are it's a smartphone on the Optus network.
But without that inside knowledge, you can't even begin to take a guess.
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1In addition to that, I can use tethering to have my computer use my phone's 3G connection or have my phone connect to the wifi, giving it the same IP address as my computer(s). Mar 8, 2013 at 7:12
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Nope. If you are anywhere else, you won't see the 10.0.0.0/8 network at all, it is a range for private use. If you know the public addresses the mobile providers use to NAT their phones, you might get something. But e.g. my phone normally connects via WiFi, same as my notebook. And both are NATed by my ISP the same way. I also use my phone via tethering to use it as a "network card". And there are 3G dongles...– vonbrandMar 8, 2013 at 12:35
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2@von - if you look closely you will see I wrote 1.0.0.0 - not 10.0.0.0 Mar 8, 2013 at 21:20
User-Agent:
header would be a better way to detect mobile phones.