[Asterisk-Users] finding mac addresses

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:21:16AM -0700, mojowrkn wrote:
> All, Can anyone point me to the best way to find the mac address of a phone
> on my system?? I can get the ip's just fine but dont seem to be able to pull
> mac addresses from any network tools.

Is it in your LAN?

if so, arp(8) is your friend. /proc/net/arp likewise.

You may need to ping the phone beforehand to make sure its address is
actually in the table.

If the phone is not in your LAN, there is no direct way to tell.

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