RARP requires a RARP server. It was a predecessor to BOOTP and DHCP. It was
used by diskless stations that had a MAC address but no IP address. RARP
servers were usually implemented on a UNIX machine. They were pretty easy
to set up. They included the functionality to also TFTP to the diskless
station its OS and applications. So, RARP won't solve her problem.
If she has access to the ARP cache on a relevant router, it would give her
the IP address for the MAC address. She would have to be looking at the
router that is local to the MAC address though. Or she could look at the
ARP cache on a client or server on the local segment also.
Priscilla
At 06:44 AM 5/30/01, Dyson Kuben wrote:
>You won't be able to ping a MAC-Address, but if you only want to find an IP
>associated with the MAC, try using RARP! (Reverse ARP)
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