I did mention this is an INTRANET server so all clients are be local, there are no router between the clients and the server. how would i go about accessing arp from php, (the server runs Linux)? Ben On 10/10/05, M. Sokolewicz <tularis@xxxxxxx> wrote: > That will give you the *local* mac address, not that of the user > visiting your page. The problem is the fact that the mac address is not > sent as part of the REQUEST. As such it's not possible for PHP to find > out what it is. So, unfortunately, no. (Though it's a very common > question on this list) > > - tul > > Rory Browne wrote: > > On unix > > man arp > > > > on windows > > arp/h > > arp/help > > arp/? > > > > sorry for short and sweet resp, but I'm falling asleep. > > > > On 10/9/05, Ben Sagal <bmsagal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>I have a local intranet server, running apache1.3+php4. Is it > >>possible to get the mac address of computes which access on of my php > >>pages? > >> > >>Ben > >> > >>-- > >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > >> > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php