Monday, March 26, 2012

How to get another machine MAC Address

Some time back, there was a need for me to access a PC but it was shut down. I need to boot it up (WakeOnLan) but the issue is 'wake on lan'  need MAC Address but i only know its IP Address. 

Good news, a workaround exist, but no 100% guarantee, 

Basically if you use that PC to access files from other PCs, chances are its MAC address is in its cache on the other PCs. So simply run this in command prompt 

arp -a

and it will show list of IP Address it had last access including the MAC address.

Hope this helps,

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