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- From: Mehrtens_T@msm.cdx.mot.com
- Subject: Re: new hardwareaddress
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.160840.14887@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com>
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:08:40 GMT
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- In article(Guenter Hoens) writes:
- > but if it is a different protocol, then we can find out (by looking
- >at the packets)
- >
-
- I see very few options. If the device is a MACintosh, then you can use
- "Interpoll" to query the subnetwork, and use a ethernet monitor/analyzer to
- look at the MAC level addressses. TCP/IP ping, and other polling packages have
- been mentioned for other platforms. DECnet send out packets all the time.
- TCP/IP send out on AARPs, XNS send out ARPs, spanning tree bridges send out
- unintelligible trash (loop testing), etc.
-
- There are many, many ethernet analyzers out there. Here are a couple:
- Sniffer, H.P., NetLens, public domain PC based analyser, InTel NetSight,
- NetSisht Persfessional, etc. Ethernet monitoring packages aplenty!
-
- I wigh there was an easier way for me to find my 530 addresses - I had to
- locate them one at a time. Luckily, this happened over many years, so
- maintenance is easier now.
-
- Now that networks are routed, the router tells me the I.P./Ethernet
- correlation.
-
- Tom M. <Mehrtens_T@msm.cdx.mot.com>
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