On 3/13/06, Michaƫl Hooreman <mhooreman(a)be.keyware.com> wrote:
> The only way I can find it is by the IP, but
> I only know the mac-address, where can I go from here. BTW it's a
> linux desktop.
If my understanding of your problem is good:
For me, you can't get the IP address from the MAC address: the MAC is
not related to the IP by any way.
An IP packet has the MAC of the origin network device. But you can
change the IP address of a device, so I think that your question doesn't
have sense.
You can reasonably hope that the MAC-to-IP binding has not staled;
therefore you can scan a live net and see the MAC to IP to Hostname on
it.
BTW - You can also spoof the MAC address of a card but all this is a
different story.
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