Obtain MAC Address from network printer via CMD
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I'm trying to find the MAC address for my network printer using cmd.
I've tried using nbtstat -a (ipaddress) and it says host not found. But the IP works when I ping it. Is there another command that can pull the information for me?
cmd.exe network-printer mac-address
asked Mar 18 '16 at 22:16
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I'm trying to find the MAC address for my network printer using cmd.
I've tried using nbtstat -a (ipaddress) and it says host not found. But the IP works when I ping it. Is there another command that can pull the information for me?
cmd.exe network-printer mac-address
asked Mar 18 '16 at 22:16
awoitte
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Is the printer on the same layer-2 LAN and layer-3 network as your PC?
– Ron Maupin
Mar 18 '16 at 22:18
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if they are on same network you can do: arp -a|find "x.x.x.x"
– arana
Mar 18 '16 at 22:23
1
Possible duplicate of How to find MAC address of a machine in my network
– DavidPostill♦
Mar 18 '16 at 22:54
I found a much easier way. I ping the device and then after enter ARP -A and it gives me even more information than I needed. BTW, arp -a|find is not a valid command
– awoitte
Mar 18 '16 at 23:06
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@awoitte Rubbish.arp -a|find "dynamic"works perfectly well.
– DavidPostill♦
Apr 3 '16 at 13:00
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I'm trying to find the MAC address for my network printer using cmd.
I've tried using nbtstat -a (ipaddress) and it says host not found. But the IP works when I ping it. Is there another command that can pull the information for me?
cmd.exe network-printer mac-address
asked Mar 18 '16 at 22:16
awoitte
1614
I'm trying to find the MAC address for my network printer using cmd.
I've tried using nbtstat -a (ipaddress) and it says host not found. But the IP works when I ping it. Is there another command that can pull the information for me?
cmd.exe network-printer mac-address
cmd.exe network-printer mac-address
asked Mar 18 '16 at 22:16
awoitte
1614
asked Mar 18 '16 at 22:16
awoitte
1614
asked Mar 18 '16 at 22:16
awoitte
1614
asked Mar 18 '16 at 22:16
awoitte
1614
asked Mar 18 '16 at 22:16
awoitte
1614
1614
Is the printer on the same layer-2 LAN and layer-3 network as your PC?
– Ron Maupin
Mar 18 '16 at 22:18
2
if they are on same network you can do: arp -a|find "x.x.x.x"
– arana
Mar 18 '16 at 22:23
1
Possible duplicate of How to find MAC address of a machine in my network
– DavidPostill♦
Mar 18 '16 at 22:54
I found a much easier way. I ping the device and then after enter ARP -A and it gives me even more information than I needed. BTW, arp -a|find is not a valid command
– awoitte
Mar 18 '16 at 23:06
1
@awoitte Rubbish.arp -a|find "dynamic"works perfectly well.
– DavidPostill♦
Apr 3 '16 at 13:00
add a comment |
Is the printer on the same layer-2 LAN and layer-3 network as your PC?
– Ron Maupin
Mar 18 '16 at 22:18
2
if they are on same network you can do: arp -a|find "x.x.x.x"
– arana
Mar 18 '16 at 22:23
1
Possible duplicate of How to find MAC address of a machine in my network
– DavidPostill♦
Mar 18 '16 at 22:54
I found a much easier way. I ping the device and then after enter ARP -A and it gives me even more information than I needed. BTW, arp -a|find is not a valid command
– awoitte
Mar 18 '16 at 23:06
1
@awoitte Rubbish.arp -a|find "dynamic"works perfectly well.
– DavidPostill♦
Apr 3 '16 at 13:00
Is the printer on the same layer-2 LAN and layer-3 network as your PC?
– Ron Maupin
Mar 18 '16 at 22:18
Is the printer on the same layer-2 LAN and layer-3 network as your PC?
– Ron Maupin
Mar 18 '16 at 22:18
2
2
if they are on same network you can do: arp -a|find "x.x.x.x"
– arana
Mar 18 '16 at 22:23
if they are on same network you can do: arp -a|find "x.x.x.x"
– arana
Mar 18 '16 at 22:23
1
1
Possible duplicate of How to find MAC address of a machine in my network
– DavidPostill♦
Mar 18 '16 at 22:54
Possible duplicate of How to find MAC address of a machine in my network
– DavidPostill♦
Mar 18 '16 at 22:54
I found a much easier way. I ping the device and then after enter ARP -A and it gives me even more information than I needed. BTW, arp -a|find is not a valid command
– awoitte
Mar 18 '16 at 23:06
I found a much easier way. I ping the device and then after enter ARP -A and it gives me even more information than I needed. BTW, arp -a|find is not a valid command
– awoitte
Mar 18 '16 at 23:06
1
1
@awoitte Rubbish.
arp -a|find "dynamic" works perfectly well.– DavidPostill♦
Apr 3 '16 at 13:00
@awoitte Rubbish.
arp -a|find "dynamic" works perfectly well.– DavidPostill♦
Apr 3 '16 at 13:00
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In Windows, if you know the printer's IP address, you can use "ping" and "arp /a" to find the same information. You will need to do some searching. If you don't mind clearing your DNS cache with "ipconfig /flushdns" the list will be shorter.
answered Sep 15 at 15:04
Christopher Hostage
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I used nbtstat -a as well. If you know the IP of the printer you can do nbtstat -a {IP address}, without the brackets of course :). It'll kick back the MAC address of the device associated with that IP
answered Apr 8 '17 at 15:14
Nicholas Pifer
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OP stated in the question that usingnbtstat -a <IP>returns "host not found", advising to run that command is probably not going to help. If you have any other advice, feel free to edit your answer to include these information!
– Adalee
Apr 8 '17 at 15:32
The command may work if the device utilizes NetBIOS over TCP/IP. I.e., you will likely see the MAC address in the output if the system uses that networking protocol, but, if it doesn't, which is likely if the system is a printer, then relying onnbtstat -a ip_addressto obtain the MAC address is not the best way to obtain that address. Instead, he could just ping the IP address and then examine the ARP cache witharp -aorarp -a | find "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".
– moonpoint
Apr 8 '17 at 17:17
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
1
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In Windows, if you know the printer's IP address, you can use "ping" and "arp /a" to find the same information. You will need to do some searching. If you don't mind clearing your DNS cache with "ipconfig /flushdns" the list will be shorter.
answered Sep 15 at 15:04
Christopher Hostage
3,088927
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
In Windows, if you know the printer's IP address, you can use "ping" and "arp /a" to find the same information. You will need to do some searching. If you don't mind clearing your DNS cache with "ipconfig /flushdns" the list will be shorter.
answered Sep 15 at 15:04
Christopher Hostage
3,088927
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
In Windows, if you know the printer's IP address, you can use "ping" and "arp /a" to find the same information. You will need to do some searching. If you don't mind clearing your DNS cache with "ipconfig /flushdns" the list will be shorter.
answered Sep 15 at 15:04
Christopher Hostage
3,088927
In Windows, if you know the printer's IP address, you can use "ping" and "arp /a" to find the same information. You will need to do some searching. If you don't mind clearing your DNS cache with "ipconfig /flushdns" the list will be shorter.
answered Sep 15 at 15:04
Christopher Hostage
3,088927
answered Sep 15 at 15:04
Christopher Hostage
3,088927
answered Sep 15 at 15:04
Christopher Hostage
3,088927
answered Sep 15 at 15:04
Christopher Hostage
3,088927
3,088927
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add a comment |
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I used nbtstat -a as well. If you know the IP of the printer you can do nbtstat -a {IP address}, without the brackets of course :). It'll kick back the MAC address of the device associated with that IP
answered Apr 8 '17 at 15:14
Nicholas Pifer
1
2
OP stated in the question that usingnbtstat -a <IP>returns "host not found", advising to run that command is probably not going to help. If you have any other advice, feel free to edit your answer to include these information!
– Adalee
Apr 8 '17 at 15:32
The command may work if the device utilizes NetBIOS over TCP/IP. I.e., you will likely see the MAC address in the output if the system uses that networking protocol, but, if it doesn't, which is likely if the system is a printer, then relying onnbtstat -a ip_addressto obtain the MAC address is not the best way to obtain that address. Instead, he could just ping the IP address and then examine the ARP cache witharp -aorarp -a | find "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".
– moonpoint
Apr 8 '17 at 17:17
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
I used nbtstat -a as well. If you know the IP of the printer you can do nbtstat -a {IP address}, without the brackets of course :). It'll kick back the MAC address of the device associated with that IP
answered Apr 8 '17 at 15:14
Nicholas Pifer
1
2
OP stated in the question that usingnbtstat -a <IP>returns "host not found", advising to run that command is probably not going to help. If you have any other advice, feel free to edit your answer to include these information!
– Adalee
Apr 8 '17 at 15:32
The command may work if the device utilizes NetBIOS over TCP/IP. I.e., you will likely see the MAC address in the output if the system uses that networking protocol, but, if it doesn't, which is likely if the system is a printer, then relying onnbtstat -a ip_addressto obtain the MAC address is not the best way to obtain that address. Instead, he could just ping the IP address and then examine the ARP cache witharp -aorarp -a | find "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".
– moonpoint
Apr 8 '17 at 17:17
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I used nbtstat -a as well. If you know the IP of the printer you can do nbtstat -a {IP address}, without the brackets of course :). It'll kick back the MAC address of the device associated with that IP
answered Apr 8 '17 at 15:14
Nicholas Pifer
1
I used nbtstat -a as well. If you know the IP of the printer you can do nbtstat -a {IP address}, without the brackets of course :). It'll kick back the MAC address of the device associated with that IP
answered Apr 8 '17 at 15:14
Nicholas Pifer
1
answered Apr 8 '17 at 15:14
Nicholas Pifer
1
answered Apr 8 '17 at 15:14
Nicholas Pifer
1
answered Apr 8 '17 at 15:14
Nicholas Pifer
1
1
2
OP stated in the question that usingnbtstat -a <IP>returns "host not found", advising to run that command is probably not going to help. If you have any other advice, feel free to edit your answer to include these information!
– Adalee
Apr 8 '17 at 15:32
The command may work if the device utilizes NetBIOS over TCP/IP. I.e., you will likely see the MAC address in the output if the system uses that networking protocol, but, if it doesn't, which is likely if the system is a printer, then relying onnbtstat -a ip_addressto obtain the MAC address is not the best way to obtain that address. Instead, he could just ping the IP address and then examine the ARP cache witharp -aorarp -a | find "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".
– moonpoint
Apr 8 '17 at 17:17
add a comment |
2
OP stated in the question that usingnbtstat -a <IP>returns "host not found", advising to run that command is probably not going to help. If you have any other advice, feel free to edit your answer to include these information!
– Adalee
Apr 8 '17 at 15:32
The command may work if the device utilizes NetBIOS over TCP/IP. I.e., you will likely see the MAC address in the output if the system uses that networking protocol, but, if it doesn't, which is likely if the system is a printer, then relying onnbtstat -a ip_addressto obtain the MAC address is not the best way to obtain that address. Instead, he could just ping the IP address and then examine the ARP cache witharp -aorarp -a | find "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".
– moonpoint
Apr 8 '17 at 17:17
2
2
OP stated in the question that using
nbtstat -a <IP> returns "host not found", advising to run that command is probably not going to help. If you have any other advice, feel free to edit your answer to include these information!– Adalee
Apr 8 '17 at 15:32
OP stated in the question that using
nbtstat -a <IP> returns "host not found", advising to run that command is probably not going to help. If you have any other advice, feel free to edit your answer to include these information!– Adalee
Apr 8 '17 at 15:32
The command may work if the device utilizes NetBIOS over TCP/IP. I.e., you will likely see the MAC address in the output if the system uses that networking protocol, but, if it doesn't, which is likely if the system is a printer, then relying on
nbtstat -a ip_address to obtain the MAC address is not the best way to obtain that address. Instead, he could just ping the IP address and then examine the ARP cache with arp -a or arp -a | find "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".– moonpoint
Apr 8 '17 at 17:17
The command may work if the device utilizes NetBIOS over TCP/IP. I.e., you will likely see the MAC address in the output if the system uses that networking protocol, but, if it doesn't, which is likely if the system is a printer, then relying on
nbtstat -a ip_address to obtain the MAC address is not the best way to obtain that address. Instead, he could just ping the IP address and then examine the ARP cache with arp -a or arp -a | find "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".– moonpoint
Apr 8 '17 at 17:17
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Is the printer on the same layer-2 LAN and layer-3 network as your PC?
– Ron Maupin
Mar 18 '16 at 22:18
2
if they are on same network you can do: arp -a|find "x.x.x.x"
– arana
Mar 18 '16 at 22:23
1
Possible duplicate of How to find MAC address of a machine in my network
– DavidPostill♦
Mar 18 '16 at 22:54
I found a much easier way. I ping the device and then after enter ARP -A and it gives me even more information than I needed. BTW, arp -a|find is not a valid command
– awoitte
Mar 18 '16 at 23:06
1
@awoitte Rubbish.
arp -a|find "dynamic"works perfectly well.– DavidPostill♦
Apr 3 '16 at 13:00