Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] RE: Ethereal-users digest, Vol 1 #541 - 14 m sgs
True enough. I assumed he had the IP. That may have been a bad assumption.
That's kind of why I mentioned ARP/RARP. I think there may be a utility for
RARP; I thought I've seen something with it, though I can't remember
specifically right now. I'll try to take a look around in a bit and let
everyone know if I find something.
Richard Berry
LAN Engineer - Principal
"Si hoc legere scis numium eruditionis habes."
-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Harris [mailto:guy@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:59 PM
To: Berry, Richard
Cc: 'ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] RE: Ethereal-users digest, Vol 1 #541 - 14
msgs
> 1) There is a protocol designed for that, called ARP/RARP. This allows you
> to get the resolution you want.
RARP, in particular - ARP requests are for getting MAC addresses given
IP addresses. I don't know if there are any commands for Windows (or
UNIX, for that matter) that'll send out a RARP request).
> 2) However, as to a specific utility designed for that, one of the easiest
> things to do if you're on the same subnet: PING the box,
If he wants to resolve a MAC address to an IP address because he knows
the MAC address, doesn't know the IP address, but wants to know the IP
address, pinging the box might be a bit difficult....
