Re: how to get mac address

2010-01-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 06 January 2010 20:01:18 John Hasler wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. writes: MAC addresses are not normally used for network identification outside of their segment. In addition, none of the higher level protocols in common use contain the MAC address in their headers. The

how to get mac address

2010-01-06 Thread Vadkan Jozsef
How can I get the MAC address of a computer, if it isn't in the same network segment? e.g.: can I get the MAC from a normal, public IP? There is no solution for this? Thank you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: how to get mac address

2010-01-06 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Vadkan Jozsef put forth on 1/6/2010 3:51 PM: How can I get the MAC address of a computer, if it isn't in the same network segment? e.g.: can I get the MAC from a normal, public IP? There is no solution for this? tcpdump with the -e option will display the MAC address. -- Stan -- To

Re: how to get mac address

2010-01-06 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi, On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote: Vadkan Jozsef put forth on 1/6/2010 3:51 PM: How can I get the MAC address of a computer, if it isn't in the same network segment? e.g.: can I get the MAC from a normal, public IP? There is no solution for

Re: how to get mac address

2010-01-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 1262814712.27527.5.ca...@ubuntu, Vadkan Jozsef wrote: How can I get the MAC address of a computer, if it isn't in the same network segment? MAC addresses are not normally used for network identification outside of their segment. In addition, none of the higher level protocols in common use

Re: how to get mac address

2010-01-06 Thread John Hasler
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. writes: MAC addresses are not normally used for network identification outside of their segment. In addition, none of the higher level protocols in common use contain the MAC address in their headers. The reason being that said network segments are not necessarily