On Friday 26 August 2005 06:20 pm, Joseph wrote:
> Is there a way to check what IP the device has on the network?
> I know the device MAC address and when I plug it IN, it obtains one of
> the IP via DHCP. With
> arp -a IP
> arp -e
> I can only check the MAC address. Is there a way to other way around.
>
> I know ethereal will capture the IP address, but I was wandering if
> there is any command line tool.
Ethereal's CLI counterpart is tcpdump, (you can use tcpdump to make capture
files for Ethereal) you could also look in your dhcpd's lease file, or see if
it responds to a ping to 224.0.0.1.
Jonathan Kollasch
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