Re: Determine IP address assigned to MAC


"Ian Pilcher" <i.pilcher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The problem (inconvenience) I have is that my Internet gateway (I refuse
> to call them routers) can't be configured to assign a consistent IP
> address to a particular MAC address. If, however, I could find a way to
> scan my network for a particular MAC address and determine its IP
> address, I could easily whip us a script to connect to the laptop
> without manually determining its current IP address.

Don't use DHCP for machines that you need to connect to. Configure them
statically, don't make the gateway assign the IP.

DS


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