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Obtaining a MAC Address over Network

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by esummers

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I have recently come across a wonderful shareware utility called Netpeek. It allows me to type in the IP address of a computer on my network and obtain several details about the computer, including the MAC address. I don't mind the idea of plunking down the money for Netpeek, except that ninety percent of the time ALL I want is the MAC address.
My question is this: Is there just a basic utility I am unaware of that will return the MAC address of a remote computer on my network when given theIP address or computer name?

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by joseph moore

If you are on a Windows network, you can run GETMAC.EXE from the Resource Kit.
"GetMAC provides a quick method for obtaining the MAC (Ethernet) layer address and binding order for a computer running Windows 2000, locally or across a network. This can be useful when you want to enter the address into a sniffer, or if you need to know what protocols are currently in use on a computer."

And best of all, it is a free download also from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/getmac-o.asp
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hope this helps

by esummers

Sorry, I should have stated in my question that we are on a Novell over Win98 network. Thanks anyway!

by bohicam1

Best way I found is to go to a command prompt, ping the IP address of the computer you wish to know the mac addy of, then, within a few seconds (you have less than two minutes) type arp -a
the ip address and mac address of all puters you have in your cache will be displayed.
Good luck!

Mike

by jayanth

If it is only MAC address you want to gather regularly, then you can PING the m/c whose MAC id you need, and then give "arp -a" get its MAC. If you need some more info along with it,then LAN Guard Network Scanner should help you. I believe its a freeware too.

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