From: Aaron Turner <synfinatic@...>
Date: 2007-11-01T01:44:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Find out the mac address

On Oct 31, 2007 3:02 AM, K. R. <mcse@palstek.ch> wrote:
> Hi @all
>
> How can I find out the mac address from the default gateway with a ruby
> script?
> Does exist any methods to read it out? The script runs on a linux
> distribution...

If you know the IP address of the gateway, then parse the output of
the 'arp -n <IP>' command.  It's reasonably portable and easy to
parse.

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