When scanning a network, you can see IP addresses and MAC addresses of devices on that network. A primary rule is to never duplicate IP addresses to avoid creating conflicts. The same is true for MAC ...

Anyone know of a way to get an IP address of a device if I have the MAC adderss.<BR><BR>Reason being is I'm writing a script to ssh into a device and chagne the default IP address to use DHCP... so I ...

In order to create a DHCP reservation, you need to know the MAC address of the computer. The MAC address is a unique link-layer address that identifies a network interface on a computer, and MAC ...

On the bridge vs. switch conversation, yes, a switch is just a multi-port bridge. Bridges don't replace mac addresses in the packets, routers do. Bridges relay the mac addresses that need to go to the ...

When communicating over Wi-Fi, your iPhone needs to verify itself on the network before it can receive data—intended for it—on that network. It does this using a MAC address or Wi-Fi address. While ...

The Department of Home Affairs has raised the prospect of forcing Australian telcos to capture an expanded range of user data including MAC addresses, IP addresses and port numbers under mandatory ...