getting IP addr from MAC address.

How can I get the IP address of a system, given the MAC address?


Nirnimesh.

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In comp.os.linux.networking Nirnimesh <(E-Mail Removed)> suggested:
> How can I get the IP address of a system, given the MAC address?

man arp
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(E-Mail Removed) (Nirnimesh) writes:

]How can I get the IP address of a system, given the MAC address?

If it is on your subnet, arp. If not, there is no way.

Nirnimesh wrote:

> How can I get the IP address of a system, given the MAC address?

You can't, unless you're on the same local lan as the computer you're
looking for. Then if you've had any IP traffic with it, the MAC and
corresponding IP will be in your arp cache. Once a packet passes through a
router, the original MAC is discarded.

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