[CentOS] find IP address of device on network based on MAC address

Fri Dec 14 20:29:16 UTC 2007
Brian <brian-list at comcast.net>

On Dec 14, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:

> Jerry Geis wrote:
>> I have a device on my network that is not DHCP and I dont know the  
>> IP address of it
>> and it has not method of finding it or changing it unless you know  
>> the IP address (setable by browser).
>> Is there a way on linux, based on MAC address, to get the IP of  
>> the unit?
>
> You accumulate a table of mac<->ip assocations, but only after  
> communicating with something.  arp -a will show the current entries  
> (which expire fairly quickly).  You might ping everything in the  
> network range, then look for the mac in the arp list.

to ping every address, check out broadcast pings here

http://www.macworld.com/article/53277/2006/10/pingfind.html
(or google other how-to's)

then do the
arp -a

but keep in mind not everything responds to broadcast pings.

Brian