Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Resolving IP addr. from MAC addr....gotta be a way

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:27:29 -0500 (CDT)
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, gaurav_gui wrote:

> Hey...I need to access pc remotely which is connected via a dial-up...so it's IP changes dynamically...It's a bit of a hassle for me to find out the IP address everytime...However, I do know the MAC address of the machine so I was wondering if there's a way I can find out the new IP address of the machine everytime it logs on using it's permanent ethernet address...please suugest a way...all replies will be appreciated!

This is a little off-topic for the list, but you might try one of
the many dynamic DNS services out there, such as DHIS or dyndns.org.
A Google search turned up a comprehensive list of these services at

    http://www.technopagan.org/dynamic/