knowing the Mac address

[Hector Hernandez_1]

I want to know if is possible to view or identify the mac address of a client in hpux

for example when a pc is connect with telnet in my server hpux, i can see the ip address but i can not the mac address, if some person know about it, please let me know.

[RAC_1 · Accepted solution]

Check following

arp -a and look for the pc ip address. Along with that you will get mac address.

man arp for details.

[Sundar_7]

Hector,

If the client is in the same IP subnet as the server, then you can refer the arp cache.

# arp -a | grep

But not sure if you can find out the MAC address of the client from a different subnet.

- Sundar

[Rick Garland]

Can issue the 'lanscan' command. The command is in /usr/sbin/lanscan

[doug mielke]

also lanadmin, display will list it for each interface.

[Sundar_7]

Rick/Doug - I believe Hector is looking for the mac address of the CLIENTS, not the UX Server itself.

[Rick Garland]

OK, if looking for the client MAC, go with Sundar.

[doug mielke]

oops. If the client is on the local segment, then arp -a is the way. sorry.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

you can use the nettl command to monitor your network. this is like a sniffer. the only problem is that the log could be quite big and difficult to read.

Here is a link on how to enable and disable nettl for a short duration to check things out.

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000065257494

The itrc doc id is PU94120417254.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Hector Hernandez_1]

Thanks all for your help