Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0 [SOLVED]

[Joseph <syscon@interbaun.com>]

On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 10:23 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:20:12 -0600, Joseph wrote:
> 
> > Is there a way to check what IP the device has on the network?
> > I know the device MAC address and when I plug it IN, it obtains one of
> > the IP via DHCP.   With 
> > arp -a IP
> > arp -e 
> > I can only check the MAC address.   Is there a way to other way around. 
> 
> Try arp -a

Very closed.  but better yet is:
Knowing MAC address but looking for IP
tcpdump -e -i eth0 |grep -i "00:09:45:52:04:da"
Since I know the MAC address, the above command will capture the IP
address of the device when plugged into the server.

Knowing IP address but looking for MAC
ping IP
arp -e

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