Get hostname or IP from MAC address

[imported_JFG]

basically I have the MAC address of a machine on the network. I want to find out what machine it is. Can I do something like NBTSTAT does for hostmane & IP address excelt use the MAC address to find out the hostname.

Thanks

 

[n0cmonkey]

If you've gotten traffic from it, or sent traffic to it you can look at the arp table on your machine. arp -a

 

[imported_JFG]

No I haven't gotten traffic from it. ARP cache didn't tell me about this address.

Thanks

 

[spidey07]

if it is on the same lan you could run a ping sweeper and then it would be in your arp tables.

Or, easiest way is to look at the arp table for the router/default gateway for that network.

 

[Joemonkey]

if you are running DHCP you can look at the lease tables and get it that way

 

[imported_JFG]

Some machines are set dynamically, this one isn't listed. I did find it through Altiris though.

Thanks

 

[Rogue]

Query the WINS database (if you're running a WINS server) for that MAC address.