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# 8  
Old 06-05-2011
And still for fun: ;-)

you are assuming that the IP address is already in the arp cache. Since it may be not, I have to build my arp cache with the fping command!

M.
# 9  
Old 06-06-2011
I like:
Code:
$ netstat -rn | sed '
> /^127/d
> s/ .* UH .*//
> t
> d
> '
171.186.182.236
$

# 10  
Old 06-06-2011
I did not get this:
where are you asking for the association between an a-priori known MAC address and the IP address assigned from the DHCP?

The scenario:

I'm on machine A with all networking data up and running.
I know that on my subnet there's a machine B whose MAC address is given.
As soon as B is booted-up it takes an IP from the DHCP server on the network and I want to know it.

I'd really be interested in more subtle and keen ways of doing this wrt what I posted in the thread opening.

Thanks,
M.
# 11  
Old 06-06-2011
Well, the arp cache is a great way to see who is out there, so if other methods fail, just ping the broadcast so all hosts echo back and it fills the cache. You may get bridge MACs for more remote hosts.
# 12  
Old 06-06-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by DGPickett
Code:
> s/ .* UH .*//

I don't get any UH's when I do netstat -rn.
I get two U's and one UG.

But even if I replace UH, I end up with a network, not an IP.
What's that IP address you showed? Is it your host's external IP address? How?
# 13  
Old 06-06-2011
If DHCP or configuration has not given your host an IP, or you do not have PATH MTU, the UH will be missing. Even my windows PC shows its IP on netstat -rn, because the NIC is gateway to the collision domain hosts. You can get it from a U record, too:
Code:
$ netstat -rn
Routing tables
Dest/Netmask                  Gateway            Flags    Use Interface  Pmtu
127.0.0.1             127.0.0.1          UH       0   88959488  lo0        4136
171.186.182.236       171.186.182.236    UH       0   35483654  lan7       4136
171.186.182.0         171.186.182.236    U        2          0  lan7       1500
127.0.0.0             127.0.0.1          U        0          0  lo0        4136
default               171.186.182.1      UG       0          0  lan7       1500
$ netstat -rn | sed -n '
  /^127/d
  s/^[1-9][0-9.]*  *\([1-9][0-9.]*\)  *U .*/\1/p
 '
171.186.182.236
$

Last edited by DGPickett; 06-06-2011 at 02:27 PM..
# 14  
Old 06-07-2011
Your solution is not very robust. netstat -nr always give me something like this on Linux:
Code:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 br0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 br0
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 br0
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