Missmatch in mac address when it is called through Bssidstr()

[AresXT]

I am using Nodemcu V3 as host an AP and an ESP 32 which receiver which receives nodemcu MAC address by using Bssidstr() .But the Problem is when i Print mac address of nodemcu it starts with 44 and when i print mac address of nodemcu via esp32 it starts with 46 .the rest of the mac address are correct

Code of Nodemcu

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
const char *ssid = "Test";
const char *password = "123456789";
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  // WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP_STA);
  WiFi.softAP(ssid, password);
  Serial.println(" ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.macAddress());
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

Code of ESP32

#include <WiFi.h>

const char* ssid = "Test";
const char* password = "123456789";

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }

  Serial.println("");
  Serial.println("WiFi connected");
  Serial.print("IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.print("AP MAC address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.BSSIDstr());
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

Output of the above code left side is Nodemcu and right side is ESP32

I want get same mac address of host on both Host and receiver side

[J-M-L]

Weird

What do you see if you change the code or you AP to

 #include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

void setup(){
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print("AP‘s MAC Address:  ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.macAddress());
}
 
void loop() {}

[AresXT]

Could you clarify what you are suggesting me to to

[J-M-L]

Run that code and see if it’s the same MAC address without activating the AP

[AresXT]

The host with and without AP mac address in same that starts with 44

[J-M-L]

please don't post images of text again. Just copy the text and post it within code tags

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OK that's weird; Not sure what's going on. What MAC address do you see if you connect with your PC / Mac ?

[AresXT]

When i try collect nodemcu mac address using ESP32 it shows this value 46:17:93:13:FC:EB but the mac address show by host is 44:17:93:13:FC:EB .( Host is nodemcu and receiver is ESP32 )

[J-M-L]

yes - you said that already

I'm wondering what Mac address is seen if you connect from something else than the ESP32 (to see if this is the ESP32 getting that incorrectly)