| Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? [message #176058 is a reply to message #176055] |
Tue, 22 November 2011 09:28   |
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Denis McMahon wrote:
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>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:17:48 -0500, Doug Miller wrote:
>>> On 11/21/2011 11:43 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>> Denis McMahon wrote:
>>>> > On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:15:12 -0800, rrvasanth wrote:
>>>> >> I need to know the MAC address of the connect clients, how can I do
>>>> >> this in PHP?
>>>> > […]
>>>> It is neither irrelevant nor impossible to obtain that information
>>>> using PHP. You would know that if you knew that MAC addresses do not
>>>> require Ethernet.
>> […]
>> Actually, I would love to see TPEL code a web page that displayed the MAC
>> address of any computer that requested it. However, it's impossible for
>> him to do it!
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> "Any computer" and "web page" are ideas of yours that have nothing to do
> with the original question.
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>> He does not have the ability to code such a page.
>
> Nobody has, but only because you have raised the bar. A common fallacy, but
> not an unexpected one coming from you.
>
>> psst Thomas, prove me wrong, code a web page that displays the MAC
>> address of the computer requesting the web page, and post the code to
>> prove you did it in php. Because I say you can't do it!
>
> Contrary to what you apparently imagine in your little idiot replacement of
> a brain, I do not care to satisfy your every whim just to prove that you are
> wrong. Hint: arp.
>
>
which will reveal ONLY the nodes on the LOCAL directly connected
network. In the case of many hosted servers, that will be an upstream
router ONLY
Once past a router, the MAC dress is lost.
Hint: that's why we don't run the internet using MAC addresses for wide
area routing.
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> PointedEars
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