[CentOS] NMAP - reveal MAC address
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centos at 911networks.com
Thu May 8 02:32:03 UTC 2008
On Wed, 7 May 2008 21:47:51 -0400
"Clonch, Christopher A." <cclonch2 at mchs.com> wrote:
> >> The main function of a switch is to keep irrelevant packets away from
>
> >> hosts, but packets to unknown (to the switch) hosts get sent
> >> everywhere, just like a Hub would do.
> >>
> >
> >yes - thanks all, it appears its a cross network 'issue'
> >
> >thanks
>
> If you're trying to get a MAC address across your own switches, you
> could try walking the switch's forwarding table (assuming SNMP
> availability). It's a cheesy way but works!
This will only work on a local network:
once you have the IP address, you can do an arp -v
You cannot get the MAC address of a routed IP address, it only exist on a
local network.
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