[ale] Find IP-address from MAC address

Doug McNash dmcnash at charter.net
Tue Aug 30 15:16:47 EDT 2005


After you do the broadcast ping thing run 'arp -a', that will list the ip 
address matched with the MAC address.

i.e

ping -c 1 -b 192.168.1.0; sleep 3; arp -a

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Michael B. Trausch wrote:

> Rene Rasmussen wrote:
> > Hello folks,
> > 
> > I just recently got my hands on a N-port server. The only trouble is I do not 
> > know the IP address of the server, only the MAC address.
> > Do you know if it is possible to scan a network for a MAC address, and return 
> > the IP-address of the unit?
> > 
> 
> Best thing that I can think of is to try broadcast ping-ing the standard
> Class A, B, and C private network addresses and see if you get an
> unaccounted for reply... you'll need a script to do that, and just kick
> back and have a bag of popcorn and a cup of Pepsi.  :-/
> 
> 	- Mike
> 



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