From: rob.dijkshoorn@planet.nl
Date: Sun Dec 04 2005 - 05:11:45 EST
Hi,
Seems to me you are mixing up osi-layer functionality.
A MAC-address is a layer 2 (physical) address. This address only has
significance on the local broadcast domain. In ip-terms, your local subnet.
Ping is a layer 4 protocol, used to check end-to-end connectivity
between ip-adresses. You can't use ping to ping a mac-address, since the
protocol underlying ping (ICMP) won't understand it.
What you want to do is translate between ip- and mac-addresses. For
this, the address resolution protocol (ARP) is used, alongside its
brother, the reverse address resolution protocol (RARP). If you want to
figure out what ip-address belongs to a specific mac, you need RARP. The
fastest way to check this is to check the arp cache on the switch.
As for tools... i guess some good suggestions have been made on the list
already.
regards,
Rob
----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: Roni Bachar <roni@avnet.co.il>
Datum: zaterdag, december 3, 2005 9:43 am
Onderwerp: Ping a mac address
> Hi again
>
> I guess I didn't explain my self good.
> What I want is tool that i can do:
> Ping 00:0F:EA:8C:FC:5A
>
>
> And in return get the ip of this mac
>
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