On Wednesday 20 July 2005 12:28, Cameron wrote: > Hi All, > > Just wondering of anyone knew of a way to query a MAC address to determine > the ip, hostname or any of that other stuff. I know it can be done but I > am just having a huge bran fart and can't think of it. >
There may be a better way but I use the following: arp -v -a -H ether |grep 01:23:34:56:78:9A Which returns: hostname.full.dns.tld (192.168.0.1) at 001:23:34:56:78:9A [ether] on eth0 > It this makes a difference it is on a Windows machine or a peice of > hardware (i.e. printer, switch, etc.) > The type of hardware does not make a difference. This command syntax is specific to my linux box, the windows arp program has a slightly different syntax (it does not appear to be as nearly verbose as the linux version) but then I tend to work as little as possible in the win32 environment. arp -a |grep <mac addr> works for me, but I have the cygwin grep installed. > Any hints would be great. > > Cameron > >
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