XPost: comp.arch.embedded, sci.electronics.design   
   From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   In comp.protocols.tcp-ip markp  wrote:   
   (snip, someone wrote)   
      
   >> No no, you are correct on that. I was just looking for some readily   
   >>available utility, I avoid wintel programming like the plague, just   
   >>the thought of their APIs etc. stuff makes me sick.   
   (snip)   
      
   > Ahha, you're after some already existing software to map MAC   
   > addresses to IP addresses.   
      
   > If you open a command box in XP and type 'arp -a' you get a list of MAC   
   > addresses and their associated IP addresses. Is that what you want? you   
   > could easily write a batch file to scan for a given MAC address or dump to a   
   > file to search.   
      
   Some will respond to a ping to the broadcast address, others not.   
      
   It seems that it you want to be found then you should respond.   
      
   Then you can ping to the broadcast address, followed by arp -a   
   to see who replied.   
      
   -- glen   
      
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