MAC ADDRESS

[Tech34]

I know you can use the "GETMAC" command to find out your local or remote mac address. But, is there a command that will give you the computer name or ip address if you have the mac address?

 

[Odissey]

may be ARP -a from command prompt?

 

[OzDog]

Just a little extra info..

You need to communicate with the IP address first (ping will do) so that the IP services can send an arp request for the MAC address.

Once done the IP and it's associated MAC address will be in stored the arp cache (for about 5 minutes), hence the arp -a will display that cache. If the address doesn't appear, ping it and try again. Cheers,
Sam

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[Odissey]

After you ping your network (by example ping 192.168.1.255) you would have all MACs in your cache