Re: MAC to IP resolution

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nscomcast.net)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 01:36:57 GMT

Apparently that computer is not active at the moment when you used arp. If
you are using dhcp check your dhcp leases for "unique ID". --- Steve

"Rob" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:117e201c441c1$535528c0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> My error logs list a MAC address, and I would like to
> resolve the MAC to an IP, so I can resolve the IP to a
> name. I tried arp -N <MAC address>, but it doesn't
> provide any info.

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