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find an IP address by MAC address on LAN

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Problem

I would like to look up a MAC address on my ethernet and find the IP of that machine. What command should I issue using which app? edit: i've tried: but that does not work (i checked with my own MAC whether it can find or not)

Error Output

fping -g 195.88.88.0/24 | arp -a | grep 4C:12:10:11:35:B4

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Fix for: find an IP address by MAC address on LAN

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Download and install arp-scan - it will return all MAC addresses it can find and their reported IP addresses. Many distros have an arp-scan package in their repositories. For example, to scan network 192.168.1.0:

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