From: Stephen Friedl (steve@unixwiz.net)
Date: Tue Dec 10 2002 - 13:01:32 EST
> Is there any way to discover the MAC address of a device if you're not
> connected to the local subnet?
In general, no. But sometimes yes.
1) If they have open NETBIOS, this can be fetched as a result of a NETBIOS
namserver query. See my nbtscan tool:
http://www.unixwiz.net/tools/nbtscan.html
2) if they have open SNMP, this can often be queried from the interface.
3) if a *neighboring* machine has SNMP open, you can often query the ARP
table to find it.
Steve
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