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by: jawatsonky January 21, 2006 5:03 PM PST

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Ping by MAC Address

by jawatsonky - 1/21/06 5:03 PM

I just hooked up a Wireless Access Point (WAP) I got from a friend to my home network & it works. Now, I've go to enable the security freatures. Unfortunatley, I have no clue what its IP address is.

I've gotten to the Manufacturer's web site and their utility to connect to the WAP does not connect and the "reset to default settings" procedure as described in the user manual does not work.

I've tried a bevy of network tools like Look@LAN but none of them discover the WAP. I can only assume the WAP has an IP addresss that does not live within 192.168.0.n

I only have the MAC address printed on the serial number sticker attached to the bottom of the WAP. Is there a utility that wil allow me to ping by MAC Address to find out what the IP address is?


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The default gateway should be the IP you need

by SlushKen - 1/21/06 6:49 PM

In Reply to: Ping by MAC Address by jawatsonky

You said that 'it works' and concluded that you now need to set up the security. I assume you mean you can currently get out to the internet, but you cannot get connected to the router itself.

If this is the case, just use the default gateway IP in your ipconfig output. It is the IP assigned to the router.

The answer to the question is you cannot ping by a MAC address unless the device is running reverse ARP.

Recommend if you are not getting a lease, reset the router device to factory defaults - it is easier than anything else, usually.


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I need IP address of the WAP

by jawatsonky - 1/22/06 1:20 PM

In Reply to: The default gateway should be the IP you need by SlushKen

Sorry I did not make myself cleearer. I've had the D-Link router for ages and I alredy know its IP address, what I need to find is the IP address of the WAP so that I can setup the key. That's my dilema. I don't know the IP address of the WAP as it is not in the 192.168.0.xxx range


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I need IP address of the WAP

by gfrenkel1 - 2/6/06 5:35 PM

In Reply to: I need IP address of the WAP by jawatsonky

I've got the same problem. Find a solution yet?


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Not Yet

by jawatsonky - 2/9/06 6:39 PM

In Reply to: I need IP address of the WAP by gfrenkel1

No one seems to know how - I've tried several versions of network tools and none appear to be able to help - all want to set upper and lower boundary IP Addresses adn that's what I do not have

ALL I WANT TO DO IS "MACPING 0006F404D35A" and have it come back and tell me the IP address.

Maybe I'm naive but is that too difficult?


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Or it's been discussed already.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 2/9/06 6:45 PM

In Reply to: Not Yet by jawatsonky

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=PING%20MAC%20ADDRESS


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maybe this is what you need, 192.168.0.50

by Melati Hitam - 2/11/06 1:00 PM

In Reply to: I need IP address of the WAP by jawatsonky

that the web based IP address for D-link...


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How about

by drewu - 3/2/06 2:04 PM

In Reply to: Ping by MAC Address by jawatsonky

You set your address to something in the 192.x.x.x range with a netmask of 255.0.0.0 and then run something like this to scan the entire 192. block?

http://www.angryziber.com/ipscan/


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