From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   CENTRINO  wrote:   
   (previous snip regarding finding the unknown IP address of a device)   
      
   > Thanks, device reset means loossing  device configuration,   
   > no serial port available.   
      
   Most often that is fine, but not always.   
      
   Some devices will respond to the subnet broadcast address   
   of 255.255.255.255.   
      
   > I will try to use a ethernet cable-modem in order to connect,   
   > since a switch may filter some broadcastings.   
      
   Well broadcasts should come through, but if it doesn't   
   broadcast anything...   
      
   > What I am looking for, is some sort of inverse ARP protocol.   
   > So, I would like to findin device MAC  ant then  ask it for   
   > it's IP address.   
      
   Hmm.  You could put a permanent static ARP entry in another   
   host with the MAC address of the device, and then ping that   
   address.  That might just convince it to do something, though   
   the result might be some kind of error.   
      
   Some will do gratuitous ARP on startup.   
      
   -- glen   
      
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