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Finding MAC address on network PC

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by dcoyle

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Understand you can use ipconfig/all to find MAC address on your own PC, etc., but does anyone know the way to find it on a PC on the network (not using PC Anywhere or going into the Switch ports, etc)?
I can see the C$ on all my PC's. Also, a way of using a Command Line would be nice. When I used Computer Management, and connect to the PC's the System Information for the network adapter tells me "not available". I am a Domain Admin, but do not have all the rights that come with Active Directory. It is a Win 2000 environment.
Thx in advance...

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by jscragg

Try using ARP from the command line After you connect to the remote computer. When you connect to the computer via IP address, the MAC address translation is stored in your local cache for faster future access. ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) isused to show you the cache of MAC address translations on your computer.

Type:

arp -a

See what you get,

Good luck,

John

by dcoyle

didn't get this. how do you use the command line on a remote computer if you are not actually on the PC?
The way I found out which works easiest...nbtstat -a (computer name)!!! thx anyway...

by curlergirl

I already answered this once, but can't see my answer, so if this is a repeat, please excuse.

You can use the nbtstat command to do this:

nbtstat -a [computername]

This will return the NetBIOS name table and MAC address of the remote machine.

Hope this helps!

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