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lambo · 07-02-10, 05:44 PM

a friend of mine has just got n*l (upc) broadband, he has a cisco modem/wireless router in one can you scan for mac's wireless or do you have to be wired

cable man · 07-02-10, 06:29 PM

now thats a question ???? i have never thought of that b4 as when you sniff, you do it wired 2 mode and not by router,i would like 2 see how its done ????

lambo · 07-02-10, 07:51 PM

i will try it wireless and see what happends, how long would it normaly take to sniff a mac

TheCoder · 08-02-10, 12:07 AM

You normally need to be wired directly to the modem so your PC is allocated a true IP address rather than the NAT address allocated by the router.

If you scan with the router allocated IP then I suspect that your scan packets wont be propogated out onto the cable network so you'll only end up scanning your own internal network.

alboking_uk · 08-02-10, 01:52 AM

i heard it has to be wired

lambo · 08-02-10, 11:17 AM

well i tried it wireless for 5 hours and didnt get anything, next step wired, but how long does it usually take to find a mac ?

toolzkit · 08-02-10, 11:57 AM

Iv'e been scanning for over an hour and found 1, my own. the good old days of bruteforcing has gone

Babyface786 · 08-02-10, 01:08 PM

how to i go about doing a mac search. my computer is hard wired and running windows xp. some info or a link would be really appreciated.

justin_uk1 · 08-02-10, 01:11 PM

guys i had this problem i disabled my firewall wired direct all good loads coming through in the first 20 mins ,, an hour 3 pages

blakey_8 · 08-02-10, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Babyface786

how to i go about doing a mac search. my computer is hard wired and running windows xp. some info or a link would be really appreciated.

Download DHCP Sniffer, run it and just leave it for a couple of days. MAC scanning can take a long time if you want a decent amount of them. Don't bruteforce either as you will just get blank results back.

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