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Name: Thushya
Date: August 20, 2003 at 09:57:02 Pacific
OS: win98
CPU/Ram: p3
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1. how can i get a mac address for a perticular ipaddress in the network ?
2. how can i ping the mac address if i knew the mac address.
thanks. in advance.



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Name: Curt R
Date: August 20, 2003 at 13:24:58 Pacific
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One does not ping mac addresses.........one pings IP addresses.

You can find out the MAC address remotely using the IP address with the "nbtstat" utility.


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