Remote MAC address on Windows

[J. Landman Gay]

Alex Tweedly wrote:
> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>
>> From what I read, the arp command is supposed to get what I need but I 
>> can't make it work. I think that's because my server is a Mac. If I 
>> had a Windows-only network it might work but I don't know how to test 
>> it with my current setup. :(
>>
> I very much doubt that :-)
> Whether the server is a Mac or a polka-dotted unicorn (??), if you can 
> ping it, it pretty much has to have an arp association on the client 
> machine :-)
> 
> after you do the ping, does the arp table on the server have an entry 
> for the client ?

Well, I'm pinging from Parallels to the Mac, then doing the arp command 
on the Windows/Parallels side. It says there are no entries at all. I 
did use the -a flag. Sounds like maybe I'm doing it backwards? It's the 
only way I can do it, since Parallels is my only functioning Windows 
environment right now.

> 
> could you send the output of ipconfig on the windows client, and 
> ifconfig on the Mac server. Thanks
> 

I'll try to get that tomorrow, I really appreciate the help. I got so 
tired of running up against walls today that I just shut it all down and 
went off to play computer games. I'm such a wimp.

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