thanks Merlin,
Let's say we don't use Ethernet LAN cable, but only use Wifi card to connect to the Wifi router, and the Wifi router requires password and the password is set in the OS, So how can ME be connected to the Wifi router without knowing the password ?
On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 9:11 PM Merlin Büge toni@bluenox07.de wrote:
On Fri, 1 Oct 2021 20:58:14 +0200, Nico Huber wrote:
A quick search for "intel amt configure ip" led me here [1]. It seems there was a time when one could configure individual IP addresses for ME and host OS's, but that ended about 10 years ago.
And the ME also had (has?) its own MAC address: "The ME has its own MAC and IP address for the out-of-band interface, with direct access to the Ethernet controller; one portion of the Ethernet traffic is diverted to the ME even before reaching the host's operating system, [...]."
According to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine#Hardware ... which in turn references:
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/i210-...
That's from 2012, but still updated this year.
AMT is the name of the networking software that runs on the ME btw. Many ME firmware packages don't have AMT at all. So officially, these couldn't do networking.
Well, devices without AMT firmware couldn't do the advertised out-of-band management etc. which is implemented by AMT, but these devices may still have network-capable ME firmware, maybe for AntiTheft technology (apparently discontinued in 2015) or whatever...
Regards,
-- Merlin Büge