On 3/13/06, Michaël Hooreman <mhooreman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. -- WC (Bill) Jones -- http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/
