Re: Can nmap show 'my' MAC address

[Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>]

jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 20/10/24 01:51, Chris Green wrote:
> > I am using nmap to scan my LAN with:-
> > 
> >      sudo nmap -sn 192.168.1.0/24
> > 
> > It works as expected except that it doesn't show the MAC address for
> > the system that it's being run on:-
> > 
> >      chris$ sudo nmap -sn 192.168.1.0/24
> >      ...
> >      ...
> >      ...
> >      Nmap scan report for jrbb.zbmc.eu (192.168.1.227)
> >      Host is up (0.018s latency).
> >      MAC Address: 90:59:AF:7E:E4:3F (Texas Instruments)
> >      Nmap scan report for homepi.zbmc.eu (192.168.1.228)
> >      Host is up (0.0020s latency).
> >      MAC Address: D8:3A:DD:53:83:9C (Unknown)
> >      Nmap scan report for t470.zbmc.eu (192.168.1.128)
> >      Host is up.
> >      Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (15 hosts up) scanned in 3.10 seconds
> >      chris$
> > 
> > So, is there any way to get it to tell me my own MAC address?
> > 
> 
> nmap may not do that but there are any number of ways to find you mac 
> addresses
> 
> e.g.
> 
> ip link show

Yes, but the output from 'ip link show' wraps a whole lot of other
junk around the MAC address which I'd need to remove for the
application I want it for.

-- 
Chris Green
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