

Whatever the reason, the issue is made a bit complicated by the fact that a typical Linux box will have multiple networking interfaces. Or you’re trying to create a connection between two servers that you’ve connected to remotely and need to get the IP details of one to enter into the other.


Say you’re creating a certificate and need to enter the details. There can be many reasons why you want to know your IP address when connecting to a Linux terminal. Interface: eth0, datalink type: EN10MB (Ethernet)Ĥ packets received by filter, 0 packets dropped by kernelĮnding arp-scan 1.9.2: 1 hosts scanned in 1.815 seconds (0.55 hosts/sec).How to Find your IP Address and MAC Address in Linux Posted on July 10, 2017 On other OS arp-scan might be a solution to obtain the MAC of the device, but on CentOS the output is simply: $: arp-scan 10.101.2.11 I have tried ping + arp -a, but it doesn't keep track of this IP it seems. From a CentOS server I need to obtain the MAC address of specific IP (and need to automate this for several hundred IPs). I have a local network with many machines.
