On 4/4/06, John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Daniel Challen wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 12:40 +0000, Dan Track wrote: > > > >>Hi > >> > >>I've got the mac-address of desktop. But I don't know it's IP, are > >>there any tools that I can use to find this IP. > > > > > > Presuming you're on the same LAN, and the desktop is not running Windows > > (which does not respond to the broadcast address): > > Linux can be configured to not repond to broadcast pings, and windows > can be configured to respond to the,;-\ > > > ping -b 192.168.0.255 (substitute with your broadcast address) > > /sbin/arp -a | grep 00:10:00:FF:FF:FF (substitute with the MAC > > address of the desktop) > > > > Failing that, you can watch network traffic and hope the desktop machine > > generates some traffic: > > tcpdump -v ether host 00:10:00:FF:FF:FF > > If you're using DHCP, then check the DHCP server's logs. > > You can also use a shell script (or a small series of commands) to ping > all likely addresses (google should find some sample bash scripts for > you) and see what arp says. > > nmap also has the ability to ping a range of IP addresses, and scanning > your local LAN for http servers would be quick (but less educational > than the scripting approach) and create the needed ARP entries. > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > Hi All Thanks everyone for all your replies. It's been a real eye opener. I managed to find the ip using the suggested techniques. Thanks again Dan
