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Getting IP address from a remote MAC address

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Name: Anthony
Date: September 21, 2000 at 20:18:48 Pacific
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How can I find a remote hosts IP address and host name with only the remote hosts MAC address from my PC.



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Name: ?
Date: September 22, 2000 at 08:41:44 Pacific
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You would need to do a reverse arp (RARP) which means you will need a RARP server to handle the request as RARP is not built into TCP/IP


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