Re: get MAC Address from IP

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From: John Saunders (johnwsaundersiii)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 23:05:22 -0500

"YAN" <YAN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9586DF60-A3BF-4C58-B94B-B59B7535F775@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I want to get the mac address from a machine, which i have the IP address
> of
> that machine, how can i do that?

You can't. There's no relationship between the two.

And besides, a machine may have multiple IP addresses and multiple MAC
addresses.

John Saunders

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