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5 total messages Started by deepakpresent Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:40
how to browse router's MAC addresses
#57
Author: deepakpresent
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:40
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Hi,
  is it possible to programatically get the list of a router's all LAN
and WLAN mac addresses. if u know any windows API / library / any
code/ Link... anything... that would help me a lot!

 Secondly, i want to get any unique thing in the router. it should be
unique in the world. probably serial no, or anything else...
( programatically. )

i thought of getting UPnp device # of router, and in case of bonjour
routers, get Bonjour device#. But older routers won't support any of
these. That's what i think, please correct me if i'm wrong.

Thanks a lot.. any help is appreciated.
Deepak
Re: how to browse router's MAC addresses
#58
Author: david
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:46
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:40:20 -0700, deepakpresent rearranged some
electrons to say:

> Hi,
>   is it possible to programatically get the list of a router's all LAN
> and WLAN mac addresses. if u know any windows API / library / any code/
> Link... anything... that would help me a lot!
> 
>  Secondly, i want to get any unique thing in the router. it should be
> unique in the world. probably serial no, or anything else... (
> programatically. )

The MAC address should be unique.

> 
> i thought of getting UPnp device # of router, and in case of bonjour
> routers, get Bonjour device#. But older routers won't support any of
> these. That's what i think, please correct me if i'm wrong.
> 
> Thanks a lot.. any help is appreciated. Deepak
Re: how to browse router's MAC addresses
#59
Author: Jack (MVP-Networking).
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:33
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Hi
Router is a general word, which type and level of performance you are 
talking about.
Depending on the Router, it usually has one core IP and one MAC address. 
Entry Level combination units (like Wireless Cable/DSL Router) might be 
associated with more than one IP and MAC.
If you are talking about MAC and IP of work station that are connected to 
the Router. Each Router has it own system to provide it, and what 
programming you would like to do have to fit the specific category of 
Routers.
http://www.ezlan.net/faq#

<deepakpresent@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1192689620.893999.29330@v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>  is it possible to programatically get the list of a router's all LAN
> and WLAN mac addresses. if u know any windows API / library / any
> code/ Link... anything... that would help me a lot!
>
> Secondly, i want to get any unique thing in the router. it should be
> unique in the world. probably serial no, or anything else...
> ( programatically. )
>
> i thought of getting UPnp device # of router, and in case of bonjour
> routers, get Bonjour device#. But older routers won't support any of
> these. That's what i think, please correct me if i'm wrong.
>
> Thanks a lot.. any help is appreciated.
> Deepak
> 
Re: how to browse router's MAC addresses
#56
Author: Jeff Liebermann
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:59
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deepakpresent@gmail.com hath wroth:

>is it possible to programatically get the list of a router's all LAN
>and WLAN mac addresses.

Sure.  If your router is running a real operating system, just run:
  arp -a

For example:
  dellbert (192.168.1.11) at 00:02:B3:1E:39:ED [ether] on br0
  xxxxxx (63.249.85.1) at 00:10:67:00:D0:9B [ether] on vlan1
  micron (192.168.1.113) at 00:0F:66:14:E5:4B [ether] on br0
  dellinquent (192.168.1.50) at 00:40:05:C7:1C:44 [ether] on br0
  dellicious (192.168.1.51) at 00:C0:A8:7F:FE:92 [ether] on br0

Hmmm... it doesn't list the LAN side IP address of the router
(192.168.1.1) but that's already known because you can't get the arp
information out of the router without first knowing the router's IP
address.  

I guess we have to use ifconfig, which results in something like this:

br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:BF:B9:10:13
          inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255 
          Mask:255.255.255.0

br0:0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:BF:B9:10:13
          inet addr:169.254.255.1  Bcast:169.254.255.255 
          Mask:255.255.0.0

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:BF:B9:10:13

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:BF:B9:10:15

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

vlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:BF:B9:10:13

vlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:BF:B9:10:14
          inet addr:63.249.85.127  Bcast:63.249.85.255 
          Mask:255.255.255.0

>if u know any windows API / library / any
>code/ Link... anything... that would help me a lot!

Sorry.  I are not a programmist and don't know anything about
programming.

> Secondly, i want to get any unique thing in the router. it should be
>unique in the world. probably serial no, or anything else...
>( programatically. )

The MAC address of the router is unique.

>i thought of getting UPnp device # of router, and in case of bonjour
>routers, get Bonjour device#. But older routers won't support any of
>these. That's what i think, please correct me if i'm wrong.

If this is some kind of copy protection scheme, methinks you will need
something more sophisticated.  MAC addresses can be spoofed, forged,
or cloned.

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Re: how to browse router's MAC addresses
#55
Author: karthikbalaguru
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:32
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On Oct 18, 11:40 am, deepakpres...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>   is it possible to programatically get the list of a router's all LAN
> and WLAN mac addresses. if u know any windows API / library / any
> code/ Link... anything... that would help me a lot!

arp -a

>
>  Secondly, i want to get any unique thing in the router. it should be
> unique in the world. probably serial no, or anything else...
> ( programatically. )

Here, MAC address will help u.

Karthik Balaguru
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