From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 12 06:19:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A00616A406 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 06:19:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@hier7.com) Received: from smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD33D13C457 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 06:19:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@hier7.com) Received: (qmail 78131 invoked from network); 12 May 2007 05:52:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?172.27.1.5?) (cms.kw@rogers.com@72.142.246.115 with plain) by smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 May 2007 05:52:32 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: GkFi_P4VM1kZHEvPvidurwB1BPCop35frzKFlyAROVfBFsOz6FM1A5tCXvWvIA5BJQ-- Message-ID: <46455620.4010505@hier7.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 01:52:32 -0400 From: Chris Slothouber Organization: hier7 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass References: <200705120530.XAA13036@lariat.net> In-Reply-To: <200705120530.XAA13036@lariat.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inverse ARP query X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 06:19:14 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-05-12 01:30, Brett Glass wrote: > Is there a command in FreeBSD that can be used to do an inverse ARP > query (that is, supply a MAC address and have the device respond > with its IP)? I have several hardware devices here whose IP addresses > I do not know, but their MAC addresses are printed on the labels. > To reprogram and reset them, I need their IPs so that I can get into > them via a telnet or Web interrace. I could scan for the devices' > addresses, but this would take months. But if they respond to > inverse ARP queries, I can find out in an instant what their > IP addresses are. Hi Brett, Try net/arping. It may work for you. Hope this helps! - -- Chris Slothouber (chris@hier7.com) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738 21D8 B348 0B16 79C0 C27F -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGRVYgs0gLFnnAwn8RAtOdAKCN1ki3KgYRau+R/uxbTWzMD7CGIwCaA7eJ rtCaMsyEGagfMdrkkbZ4JFU= =U0sG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----