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I have an IP address of a computer which I am currently away from, and I need the MAC address. How do I get the MAC address if I only have the IP?
I have an IP address of a computer which I am currently away from, and I need the MAC address. How do I get the MAC address if I only have the IP?
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Answered on Sep 26, 2022
You can't get mac address from ip
It is usually not possible for a person to get the MAC address of a computer from its IP address alone. These two addresses originate from different sources. Simply stated, a computer's own hardware configuration determines its MAC address while the configuration of the network it is connected to determines its IP address. However, computers connected to the same TCP/IP local network can determine each other's MAC addresses. The technology called ARP - Address Resolution Protocol included with TCP/IP makes it possible. Using ARP, each computer maintains a list of both IP and MAC addresses for each device it has recently communicated with.
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