How to obtain Ethernet addresses

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Local NICs:

• Window 9x – Run the program "winipcfg.exe"
• Windows NT & Windows 2000 – Run the program "ipconfig.exe /all"
• Linux – Run the program "ifconfig"

Other methods:

• Ping a remote machine and check the arp table Ping a broadcast address and check the arp table
• Check the database of the arpwatch daemon
• Check the the leases and configuration file of the DHCP daemon

Linux: ifconfig ping -b -c 2 -i 15 192.168.0.255 cat /proc/net/arp arp -a static entries: /etc/ether

Windows NT ipconfig /all netbstat -a local_ip_addr ping arp