Get MAC address from DHCP/WINS? Or other methods?

[Guest Bob]

Router/Gateway - WinServer 2003. DHCP and WINS configured

 

I have a client PC now on standby, and i want to wake up the client PC. It

is in a workgroup and pointed towards the router above.

 

I know we can use Wake-On-LAN to wake up the machine, but i do not have the

MAC address of that client PC now (since it's alrdy on standby - running XP

Pro).

 

Is there any method of getting the MAC Address? I tried "arp -a" and it does

not have the MAC Addr of that client.

 

Thanks.

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Get MAC address from DHCP/WINS? Or other methods?

 

Hello Bob,

 

If the lease is still in the DHCP server you can see the MAC address there.

Maybe also the logfile of the router has it, check it also. Otherwise you

have to go to the machine and switch it on or read the MAC at the bottom

of the machine on a label.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Router/Gateway - WinServer 2003. DHCP and WINS configured

>

> I have a client PC now on standby, and i want to wake up the client

> PC. It is in a workgroup and pointed towards the router above.

>

> I know we can use Wake-On-LAN to wake up the machine, but i do not

> have the MAC address of that client PC now (since it's alrdy on

> standby - running XP Pro).

>

> Is there any method of getting the MAC Address? I tried "arp -a" and

> it does not have the MAC Addr of that client.

>

> Thanks.

>

[Guest Jabez Gan [MVP]]

RE: Get MAC address from DHCP/WINS? Or other methods?

 

Hey Bob,

 

You can use netsh to get the MAC addresses, as long as they are still

"leased":

netsh -c dhcp server scope 192.168.1.0 show clients

 

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Jabez Gan [MVP]

http://www.blizhosting.com

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"Bob" wrote:

> Router/Gateway - WinServer 2003. DHCP and WINS configured

>

> I have a client PC now on standby, and i want to wake up the client PC. It

> is in a workgroup and pointed towards the router above.

>

> I know we can use Wake-On-LAN to wake up the machine, but i do not have the

> MAC address of that client PC now (since it's alrdy on standby - running XP

> Pro).

>

> Is there any method of getting the MAC Address? I tried "arp -a" and it does

> not have the MAC Addr of that client.

>

> Thanks.