how to find out the MAC address.

[Gurumanickam]

Hi all,

Is there any possiblity to find out the MAC address of the PC that logged in to my HP-UX server.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Guru

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Start with arp -a.

[Senthil Kumar .A_1]

not unless the PC is in the same network as the HPUX box is.

If the PC were in the same subnet as the HPUX server, then you can get the MAC id from "arp -a" command.

The only other alternative I can think of is, may be a network sniffer that can trace the packet all the way from server to the PC.

SK.

[Aryan Hajivandi]

Hi all,

It is not possible to get the MAC address from the PC unless it is located at the same subnet as the server, even with sniffer. This belong to layer 2 information. In this case you need the network switch and/or router information. So, a Network management subsystem will give the solution, like NNM or CiscoWorks...

Cheers,
-Aryan