I have a batch script I wrote to get the MAC address of a remote computer. The way it works now, you have to run it in interactive mode. I would like to be able to run it from the command line, such as: getmac ip_address, and have it run the script for ip_address. If someone could help me I would appreciate it. @echo off @if /i "%1" == "/?" goto help @if /i "%1" == "-h" goto help @if /i "%1" == "--help" goto help @if /i "%1" == "/h" goto help :start cls @echo off title getMAC echo. echo. echo. echo Clearing ARP Cache . . . netsh interface ip delete arpcache echo Enter IP address of remote computer: set /p ip= for %%i in (%ip%) do (@ping -n 1 %%i > NUL if errorlevel 1 goto fail cls echo. echo IP Address MAC Address Type echo ___________________________________________________ echo. arp -a | findstr "%%i" goto eof ) echo. :fail @echo off echo. cls echo. echo Host not found, or not alive echo. goto eof :eof echo. pause goto start :help @echo off echo. echo DESCRIPTION: echo Gets the MAC address for a remote computer, given it's IP address. echo. echo USAGE: echo getmac [ip_address] echo. echo To use getMAC interactively, run getMAC with no arguments. echo. Thanks, Tony login: yes password: dont have one password is incorrect login: yes password: incorrect

Hi Tony, You can change this: echo Enter IP address of remote computer: set /p ip= to this: set ip=%1 BTW, in the next line, not much point in a for statement, since it resolves to: ping -n 1 %ip% Nor do you need to prefix @ to your commands once echo is off. [And ONE echo off is enough.] ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Thanks, but is there anyway to combine the two uses (if thats the correct word)? By that I mean, interactive mode and command line mode? When I run it from the command line, it doesn't let me put something else into %ip%. It just keeps looping with what ever value I specified on the command line for %ip%. I hope that clear enough. If you run the script you will see what I mean. Thanks, Tony login: yes password: dont have one password is incorrect login: yes password: incorrect

Something like this: if %1'==' goto :interact ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Okay, I got it working now, thanks a lot. Now I want to add hostname resolution, so that it can be run for a given hostname, or IP address. I tried but couldn't get it working. I think the problem is caused by the arp command not supporting hostnames. What I think needs to be done is the hostname given needs to be put into a variable, and then the IP needs to be found for that hostname and put into another variable. Then compare the variables. If the 2 variables values are ==, then run the arp command for that variable, else goto :EOF. Does that sound correct? Here's the script: @echo off set ip= %1 if /i "%1" == "?" goto help if /i "%1" == "/?" goto help if /i "%1" == "-h" goto help if /i "%1" == "--help" goto help if /i "%1" == "/h" goto help if /i "%1" == "" (goto start )else goto auto :start cls echo. echo. echo. echo Clearing ARP Cache . . . netsh interface ip delete arpcache echo Enter IP address of remote computer: set /p ip= if %ip% == exit goto end if %ip% == quit goto end for %%i in (%ip%) do (ping -n 1 %%i > NUL if errorlevel 1 goto fail cls echo. echo IP Address MAC Address Type echo ___________________________________________________ echo. arp -a | findstr "%%i" goto eof ) echo. :auto ping -n 1 %1 > NUL if errorlevel 1 goto fail2 cls echo. echo IP Address MAC Address Type echo ___________________________________________________ echo. arp -a | findstr "%1" echo. goto end :fail echo. cls echo. echo Host not found, or not alive echo. goto eof :fail2 echo. cls echo. echo Host not found, or not alive echo. goto end :eof echo. pause goto start :help @echo off echo. echo DESCRIPTION: echo Gets the MAC address for a remote computer, given it's IP address. echo. echo USAGE: echo getmac [ip_address] echo. echo PARAMETERS: echo To use interactively, run getMAC with no parameters. echo. echo EXAMPLE: echo. echo getmac 192.168.1.1 :end title Command Prompt Thanks, Tony login: yes password: dont have one password is incorrect login: yes password: incorrect

@echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion if %1'==' goto :get set ip=%1 :get echo Enter IP address of remote computer: [0 to quit] set /p ip= if %ip%==0 goto :eof goto :get ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hey M2, thanks, but that doesn't do anything different than my current script. What I need is hostname resolution. I want to be able to run the script like this: getmac [hostname] or getmac [ip_address] and get the same results for the MAC address. If you don't understand, ask please. Thanks, Tony login: yes password: dont have one password is incorrect login: yes password: incorrect