Re: remote query of the MAC Address?

2002-01-27 Thread George Abdo
; 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 > >

RE: remote query of the MAC Address?

2002-01-25 Thread Brad Bonkoski
Title: RE: remote query of the MAC Address? 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

Re: remote query of the MAC Address?

2002-01-25 Thread nit etc
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(a

RE: remote query of the MAC Address?

2002-01-25 Thread Francisco Neira
I'd been using ettercap with good results. Francisco >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25/01/02 09:20 >>> arp? You could ping the IP address and then run 'arp' to look at your arp cache to see if the MAC address was recorded. Or depending on the number of hops you could ping and sniff the ping to look at

RE: remote query of the MAC Address?

2002-01-25 Thread Brad Bonkoski
Title: RE: remote query of the MAC Address? arp? You could ping the IP address and then run 'arp' to look at your arp cache to see if the MAC address was recorded.  Or depending on the number of hops you could ping and sniff the ping to look at the packet header informat

RE: remote query of the MAC Address?

2002-01-25 Thread Needham, Douglas
arp? -Original Message- From: George Abdo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: remote query of the MAC Address? Hi all, I am looking for a tool (linux or freeBSD) that can query a certain IP/DNS and get a MAC address. Is thes