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Re: Is there a command that turns an IP address into a MAC address?

 
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Stuart Abramson_2
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Is there a command that turns an IP address into a MAC address?

 
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Stuart Abramson_2
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Re: Is there a command that turns an IP address into a MAC address?

I want to:

# ip2mac 205.22.202.101

0x0010836D72B4
Jeff Schussele
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Re: Is there a command that turns an IP address into a MAC address?

Hi Stuart,

The arp command can do this - run

arp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

The output will include the MAC as well as hostname.

Rgds,
Jeff
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T G Manikandan
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Re: Is there a command that turns an IP address into a MAC address?

That should not be possible as mac addresses are unique.

The way you can use is

#arp -a
#arp -a|grep 205.22.202.101
Patrick Wallek
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Re: Is there a command that turns an IP address into a MAC address?

There is no algorithm that will turn an IP addy into a MAC address.

You can check the arp table to see what IP addresses are associated with which MAC addresses by doing an 'arp -a' but there is guarantee that that will show you what you want.
Ken Hubnik_2
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Re: Is there a command that turns an IP address into a MAC address?

Using the arp command with the hostname or ip address will return the mac address.

arp hostname
arp IPadress
Sergejs Svitnevs
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Re: Is there a command that turns an IP address into a MAC address?

Local subnet only:
# ping
# arp -a |grep

The MAC address for the remote host outside of the local subnet will be the MAC address of the router.

Regards,
Sergejs