On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 12:33:01PM -0700, Richard Miller wrote:
> I was just trying to identify the MAC address of remote computers.  arp 
> only works for computers on the same network, right?

Right, and the reason is because a router will change the MAC address of
a network packet to its own address before forwarding it on to a
different network.

So I don't think it is possible to get the MAC address of computers not
in your network.  Just out of curiosity, what would you do with these
MAC addresses anyways?

-- 
Phillip Hellewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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