[TriLUG] finding a MAC address

[Scott Lambdin]

On 8/15/08, Scott Lambdin <lopaki at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 8/15/08, Shawn Taylor <shtaylor at gpi.com> wrote:
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>> The phone MAC address (and the phone system MAC address) should be
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>> in the Ethernet header of the packet.
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> I don't think this is true.
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Doh - ethernet.  yes Mac is in Ethernet headers, but they dont go out to the
other network.  So I am not getting your next sentence.


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> This is what you would need to look at
>> if the packet was going out to the internet layer3.
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What are you saying to look at?


 However if the packet is
>> going out via layer 2, then the mac information will be in the arp table
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>> the internet router.
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>> Shawn
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>> Scott Wrote:
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>> They shouldn't go out.  So how is a MAC address being seen on another
>> network?   Does your VOIP company have a device on your network?
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