"arp -a" will show you the arp cache of the machine you're using at the moment. Does that help?
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:16 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings! > > I am experiencing a bit of a network problem with, at the moment, is more > of an annoyance (but could easily get bigger!). Somewhere I have a NIC > spewing out gratuitious ARP packets. (I did eventually hunt it down, but > for the future...) > > Using Wireshark, I have the MAC address of the offending NIC. Again, for > the future, is there a ping command switch or something else which will > enable me to enter the MAC address and have the IP returned? > > Wireshark does indicate the offender is a Dell system. However, being > mostly a Dell shop, pinging each node here and then examining my ARP cache > is rather slow... > > Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > *ASPCA®* > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > *www.aspca.org* <http://www.aspca.org/> > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA > ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and > permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout > thereof. > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
