>>
>> I'm convinced that there is *no way* that a "real" product would ever be 
>> shipped with a fundamental limitation like this. All the routers, VoIP 
>> devices, modems etc. that I have ever used have had some way of either 
>> discovering the DHCP-assigned IP address (a display or voice prompt), or a 
>> way of configuring a fixed address (a configuration file, DIP switches, 
>> thumbwheels), or they just come with a fixed address that will usually work, 
>> like 192.168.0.100.
>>     
You could always use arp if you know the mac address of the device.
|
arp -s IP-ADDY MAC-ADDY|

Then you should be able to reach the arp'ed device from the device you 
executed arp from.

-- 
Darrick Hartman
DJH Solutions, LLC
http://www.djhsolutions.com

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