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From: Michael Richards <miker@scifair.acadiau.ca>
To: Andrew <perrya@python.shoal.net.au>
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Subject: Re: convert mac address to ip address
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On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Andrew wrote:

> Does anyone know of a utility to convert a mac address to an ip address?
> We have a rogue pc somewhere which, once a day, appears to request a huge
> amount of data and clogs up our network. Unfortunately the only
> information we can get from our router statistics is its mac address.

I used to ping, then run rarp to see the address that it is bound to. 

-Mike


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