optaining IP addresses of devices on a closed network

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I have a situation where I have multiple devices (clients)on my network and I need to obtain the IP address of each device via automation. I have the MAC id of each device, so I think I can do a reverse ARP type of call to get a list of all devices on the network and their IP addresses.
However, I do not know how to do this in code. I assume sockets would be involved?
Can anyone provide some ideas as to how I can accomplish this? I plan to use either a smart AP or a router.

Any coding ideas would be appreciated. I can either use C# or Python.

Thanks!

Posted 27-Sep-11 13:23pm

Davidscott59

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Gary Stafford · Answer 1 · 2011-09-27T17:32:00

Seems like there are many good solutions available on the Internet, including The Code Project. You can scan a range of IPs within your network and grab all IPs and MAC addresses, or obtain each device's MAC address and compare to your list.

Simple Network Scanner[^]

Implement a basic IP Scanner for a local LAN in C#[^]

http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/articles/Building-Network-Utilities[^]