Re: old error resurfaced?

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 04:12:07PM -0400, craig bowser wrote:
> All, what would cause this error when scanning between locations?
>
> nexthost: Failed to determine dst MAC address for target x.x.x.x
> QUITTING!
>
> NMAP works fine when scanning my subnet, but the minute I scan between
> locations (i.e. crossing the router), I get that nexthost error.
>
> What is or isn't set correctly in my machine and/or on the router?  (BTW, I
> don't have access to the router to view the config)
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> C:\>nmap -sL x.x.x.x
>
> Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-04-30 15:45 Eastern Daylight
> Time
>
> Nmap scan report for *hostname* (x.x.x.x)
> Nmap done: 1 IP address (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.05 seconds
>
> C:\>nmap -sP x.x.x.x
>
> Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-04-30 15:45 Eastern Daylight
> Time
>
> nexthost: Failed to determine dst MAC address for target x.x.x.x
> QUITTING!
>
> C:\>nmap -PN -A x.x.x.x
>
> Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-04-30 15:45 Eastern Daylight
> Time
>
> nexthost: Failed to determine dst MAC address for target x.x.x.x
> QUITTING!
>
> C:\>nmap -A x.x.x.x
>
> Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-04-30 16:04 Eastern Daylight
> Time
>
> nexthost: Failed to determine dst MAC address for target x.x.x.x
> QUITTING!

Please send me (privately, if you like) the output of

nmap --iflist
route print

It's also worth giving 5.30BETA1 a try, as that had some routing-related
changes.

David Fifield
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