Gino LV. Ledesma writes:
> Hi,
>
> Would anyone know how to translate or interpret network physical
> addresses? An example would be 00 30 4F 04 7C EE and the like.
First 28 bits identify the vendor. The second 24 is the vendor-assigned OUI
that is (supposededly) unique.
Actually, 2 of the 24 OUI bits have special meanings and can change under
certain circumstances.
> Would it be
> possible to determine which particular computers in a relatively
> medium-sized LAN have what addresses?
See arp(8). "arp -a" should tell you the IP and hardware addresses of the
machines you're talking to. A professional network admin would have
maintained a database of the hardware addresses of each interface in
his/her network.
Brian
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