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ping MAC address
Name: smcmanus007 Date: January 14, 2004 at 08:08:07 Pacific OS: 2000 CPU/Ram: 256
Name: Phyto Date: January 14, 2004 at 08:24:36 Pacific
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Try using the "arp" command.
Not entirely sure what the string is, but pretty sure thats the command needed.
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Response Number 2
Name: wanderer Date: January 14, 2004 at 08:45:16 Pacific
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Arp is not ping. You don't ping a mac address. You can only ping a ip address.
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Response Number 3
Name: CorysWorld Date: February 14, 2004 at 19:06:35 Pacific
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How do I ping an IP and get the mac address from the computer? My laptop was stolen on campus and I can ping it on the network. I was to get the MAC and find it wirelessly
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