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I tried 'arp -a' on my router
? (203.7.224.11) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (128.8.10.90) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (66.39.54.27) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (192.168.1.3) at 00:10:5A:72:63:65 [ether] on eth0 ? (210.49.1.23) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (192.149.252.21) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (202.154.92.35) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (198.246.0.28) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (204.74.112.1) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (137.92.140.80) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (63.192.96.3) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (172.17.1.249) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (192.36.148.17) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (192.168.1.20) at 00:0D:60:11:60:80 [ether] on eth0 ? (192.175.48.6) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (202.12.28.131) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (64.29.18.163) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (172.17.1.80) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (202.154.106.97) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (128.250.36.2) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (128.250.36.3) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (128.250.37.2) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (202.154.95.173) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (203.21.37.18) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (129.127.28.4) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 ? (211.115.194.21) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1
see the pattern?

The arp won't help you getting IP's from networks after you have traversed a router (please correct me if I'm wrong). It only gives the MAC address of the router that can help get your packets to where they need to go.

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Re: mac to IP address?
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 23, 2004 at 02:54 UTC

    Well, yes. That looks like a "problem". And consider one server within your network that has multiple IP addresses on one NIC ... RARP seems more usefull to you than ARP. I never really looked into that though, so I couldn't tell you exactly how it'd work (and I must say that I am too tired and lazy right now to read the RFC myself ;)

Re: Re: Re: mac to IP address?
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 24, 2004 at 17:43 UTC
    > I tried 'arp -a' on my router > ? (203.7.224.11) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 > ? (128.8.10.90) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1 > ? (66.39.54.27) at 00:04:27:FD:E1:A1 [ether] on eth1
    You only get this if the router's been configured to use proxy arp - this isn't normally necessary or desirable