tis true, as if it has to go through the gateway, i.e. not on your local network, it does not even send out an ARP request, just forwards the packet to the gateway....
So, ping the machine and capture the packets with a sniffer. That will give you the MAC address.
-Brad
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nit etc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:26 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: remote query of the MAC Address?
>
>
> You can only get the MAC address of another machine if
> it is on the same network segment as yours, ie if it
> is on your LAN and if you dont have to pass through a
> gateway to get to it. That said, if it is in your
> network segment, just ping it and look up the arp
> entry by running the 'arp' program(again, if it is not
> on your segment, you will see an ARP entry for your
> nearest gateway).
>
> --- George Abdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking for a tool (linux or freeBSD) that can
> > query a certain IP/DNS and get a MAC address. Is
> > these such a thing?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
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