That's really close, but I don't know of an application that allows
you to arbitrarily RARP... There is a way you can display the MAC to
IP mappings that works from either Windows or Unix machines, though
the syntax may differ slightly for each, depending on flavor.
>From a DOS prompt, or a Unix shell, type:
arp -a
This will list all of the MAC addresses and their corresponding IP
addresses that are in the system's cache. Sometimes it's helpful to
ping the segment's IP broadcast address prior, because arp entries
time out. Pinging the broadcast address should cause a flurry of arp
action on the segment, and should populate the arp cache. Remember,
you must do this from a machine on the same segment/subnet. Arp is
locally signifigant. You cannot arp for a device on a different IP
subnet.
Hope this helps,
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dyson Kuben"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 6:44 AM
Subject: RE: can we "ping" via MAC address? [7:6387]
> You won't be able to ping a MAC-Address, but if you only want to
find an IP
> associated with the MAC, try using RARP! (Reverse ARP)
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