Fetching Host name and MAC address..

[ajd335]

Hey all,
I am trying to make one script which I can run on different computers and give me the hostname as well as the MAC address.

Can you please help me how to do so ??script in Perl or PHP will work...
Thanks..

[eWish]

Writing the code is going to be up to you. If you have problems we will be glad to help.

Check CPAN for Net::Domain and Net::Mac

Perlfaq9

--Kevin

[ajd335]

Writing the code is going to be up to you. If you have problems we will be glad to help.

Check CPAN for Net::Domain and Net::Mac

Perlfaq9

--Kevin

Hi Kevin,
I have written some code , which gives me IP address as well as Host name , but not the MAC address.I am not sure , how can i Get the MAC address of particular IP address using PHP..
My code is ,

<?php
<?php
echo "IP Address Is : ";
echo $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']; // Show IP
 
$ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
 
echo " Host Name : ";
echo gethostbyaddr($ip);
$mac = returnMacAddress();
function returnMacAddress() {
 
// Get the arp executable path
$location = `which arp`;
// Execute the arp command and store the output in $arpTable
$arpTable = `$location`;
// Split the output so every line is an entry of the $arpSplitted array
$arpSplitted = split("\n",$arpTable);
// Get the remote ip address (the ip address of the client, the browser)
 
$remoteIp = $ip;
foreach ($arpSplitted as $value) {
// Split every arp line, this is done in case the format of the arp
// command output is a bit different than expected
$valueSplitted = split(" ",$value);
foreach ($valueSplitted as $spLine) {
if (preg_match("/$remoteIp/",$spLine)) {
$ipFound = true;
}
// The ip address has been found, now rescan all the string
// to get the mac address
if ($ipFound) {
// Rescan all the string, in case the mac address, in the string
// returned by arp, comes before the ip address
// (you know, Murphy's laws)
reset($valueSplitted);
foreach ($valueSplitted as $spLine) {
if (preg_match("/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][:-]".
"[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][:-]".
"[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][:-]".
"[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][:-]".
"[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][:-]".
"[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]/i",$spLine)) {
return $spLine;
}
}
}
$ipFound = false;
}
}
return false;
}
 
 

[eWish]

I don't know any PHP and if you prefer PHP I can move your post to the PHP forum. If you want to use perl the checkout the links I provided and then it should be a piece of cake.

--Kevin