Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] how do you restrict netatalk by ip address?
From: Tony Stuckey (stuckey@jaka.ece.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 29 1998 - 16:10:48 EDT
> In Linux with a kernel that has /proc file system enabled in the kernel:
> cat /proc/net/arp
>
> That should show you the MAC addresses associated with IP addresses on
> your LAN. If you know the MAC address of the Mac, then you may be able to
> find it here, or the IP address of the Mac can give you the MAC address of
> the Mac. (Please note that this only lists *recent* IP/MAC address pairs
> from connections that have taken place. If the AppleShare is over IP, I
> suspect that it should appear here just as all other LAN connection on
> the subnet appear in this list. IP addresses *not* on my subnet do not
> appear here, but my gateway is listed.
These correlations are commonly available in network management
software. We use Cabletron's VLAN manager at work, and it will happily
show the MAC address and any (including multiple/historical) Appletalk or IP
addresses accumulated by the machine.
-- Anthony J. Stuckey stuckey@jaka.ece.uiuc.edu "When I was young, the sky was full of stars. I watched them burn out one by one." -Warren Zevon
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