SUMMARY: how to find ip of a host that i only know its mac address

From: egold@fsa.com
Date: Thu Oct 16 2003 - 17:14:15 EDT

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thanks all here is the summary:

do an

arp -a | grep <mac address>

if the mac address is not in the arp cache, a broadcast ping (i.e. ping
your broadcast address) will update your arp cache. At this point, do
the

arp -a | grep <mac address>

again.
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