On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 02:52:40PM +0200, LeVA wrote: > How can I get a machines mac address, if I only know it's ip?
If it's on your LAN ping it then look at your arp cache: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping -c 1 192.168.1.1 >/dev/null [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/sbin/arp 192.168.1.1 Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface sun ether 08:00:20:C2:1E:F6 C eth0 Or if you have a login you can use ifconfig to read it: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/ifconfig |grep HWaddr eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E6:F6:A3:F4 If it's a remote host then you cannot.... Steve -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
