Viewing IP addresses of Macs

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Lois

How can I see the ip addresses of the Macs on my server?
If I check the WINS database, I can find all the pcs, but
not the MACS. Whenever I have a conflict of IP addresses
I can't see the mac. Is there something that can be done
on the Mac? Or can I do something on my servers. I have
both NT and 2000 servers.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.
 
Lois said:
How can I see the ip addresses of the Macs on my server?
If I check the WINS database, I can find all the pcs, but
not the MACS. Whenever I have a conflict of IP addresses
I can't see the mac. Is there something that can be done
on the Mac? Or can I do something on my servers. I have
both NT and 2000 servers.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.
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Hi Lois!

You're looking in WINS when you should be looking in DHCP.

WINS is the Windows Internet Naming System and is a system for Windows
clients to self-report and lookup Netbios names to IP addresses. Macs
aren't Netbios machines.

Your DHCP server, which doles out the IP addresses will have a client
name reported back to it when it leases an address. At the very least
you will have a MAC (Media Access Control) address and part of this
should identify that the reporting machine is from Apple.

Hope this helps! bill
 
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