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Can IP Addresses be Determined From MAC Addresses?

Wednesday December 22, 2004
| FAQ | A built-in feature of Internet Protocol (IP), Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) translates IP addresses to MAC addresses. But ARP was not designed to translate addresses in the other direction. In fact, there is no universal mechanism to determine an IP address given a known MAC address, although it can be done in certain specific situations.
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