Networks Quick Question: MAC Addresses

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  1. simon w

    simon w What's a Dremel?

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    Am I right in thinking that a NIC's MAC address is printed on the card itself?
    (I don't have one to-hand at the moment to check myself)
     
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  2. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    Some cards may (i've had a 3com with sticker on it with the MAC printed) but no others I've had have done.
     
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    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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    same here...only 3com print them onto the card from what i have seen, but its easy to find out:
    start --> run --> cmd
    ipconfig/all

    done...
     
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  4. simon w

    simon w What's a Dremel?

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    Is it possible to obtain the MAC address of a remote UNIX machine on a LAN? I've tried using arp & nbtstat, but neither seem to work :(
     
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  5. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    Should work fine from the windows command prompt (arp -r {ip address} or something?). Alternatively you could telnet/ssh into the unix machine and run ifconfig (assuming you have root).
     
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    buzzy What's a Dremel?

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    Ping the unix machine and get a response, then do "arp -a" to get a list of the current arp entries in the cache.

    Works for anything that responds to a ping (or any other traffic for that matter) but you have to be on the same network, ie not separated by a router.

    Cheers
    Buzzy
     
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    simon w What's a Dremel?

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    Cheers for the information guys :) Someone else told me about pinging then arp'ing yesterday as well. I'll give that ago later :thumb:
     
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