Re: remote MAC address discovery?

[Stephen Friedl <steve () unixwiz net>]

> Is there any way to discover the MAC address of a device if you're not
> connected to the local subnet?

In general, no. But sometimes yes.

1) If they have open NETBIOS, this can be fetched as a result of a NETBIOS
   namserver query. See my nbtscan tool:

        http://www.unixwiz.net/tools/nbtscan.html

2) if they have open SNMP, this can often be queried from the interface.

3) if a *neighboring* machine has SNMP open, you can often query the ARP
   table to find it.

Steve

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