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RE: How to find MAC address


From: "Martin O'Neal" <martin.oneal () corsaire com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:07:15 +0100


There isn't an nmap option to gather a MAC remotely, but your original
response said:

There is none. As soon as a packet passes a 
router the only MAC you're gonna see is the 
one of the router. ARP-packets simply cannot 
be routed.

Which is misleading; ARP isn't the only mechanism.  There are ways of
gathering the MAC from higher level protocols, and not just proprietary
extensions either;  MS NetBIOS name service, SNMP, blah blah blah...

Martin...


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