In general:
Can you know a machine’s location from its IP address in general? MAC address?
Can you identify a machine by its IP address? MAC address?
Can two identical IP addresses co-exit? MAC address?
Can you use the same IP address when you travel to another city? MAC address?
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@hiyalim wrote:
Can you know a machine’s location from its IP address in general? MAC address?
Yes and no. Depends on how the IP addressing scheme has been implemented.
@hiyalim wrote:
Can you identify a machine by its IP address? MAC address?
Of course, yes.
@hiyalim wrote:
Can two identical IP addresses co-exit? MAC address?
Yes and no.
@hiyalim wrote:
Can you use the same IP address when you travel to another city? MAC address?
You kidding, right? No, it won't work.
Hello,
in addition to Leo's remarks, what do you mean by location ? The geographical location ? The location in a network ? The latter is usually done by tracking down the switchport where a specific MAC address (belonging to a specific IP address) is connected to; if there are multiple switches, you woud have to follow the trunks or interconnections until you reach a specific switchport.
If you are looking for a geographical location, you can use (usually paid) services such as those linked below:
With regard to using an IP address in a different location, there used to be a feature called 'Mobile IP' which was designed for exactly that purpose. In essence, it installled a host route in the routing table of the connected layer 3 device...
@hiyalim wrote:
Can you know a machine’s location from its IP address in general? MAC address?
Yes and no. Depends on how the IP addressing scheme has been implemented.
@hiyalim wrote:
Can you identify a machine by its IP address? MAC address?
Of course, yes.
@hiyalim wrote:
Can two identical IP addresses co-exit? MAC address?
Yes and no.
@hiyalim wrote:
Can you use the same IP address when you travel to another city? MAC address?
You kidding, right? No, it won't work.
Hello,
in addition to Leo's remarks, what do you mean by location ? The geographical location ? The location in a network ? The latter is usually done by tracking down the switchport where a specific MAC address (belonging to a specific IP address) is connected to; if there are multiple switches, you woud have to follow the trunks or interconnections until you reach a specific switchport.
If you are looking for a geographical location, you can use (usually paid) services such as those linked below:
With regard to using an IP address in a different location, there used to be a feature called 'Mobile IP' which was designed for exactly that purpose. In essence, it installled a host route in the routing table of the connected layer 3 device...