tsilenzio Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Is it possible to keep track of somones PC by looking up their Mac Address? The goal for this is to eliminate any problems dialup might give from the IP changing Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115141-ip-tracking-alternatives/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcateme Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 a quick google says it is impossible sorry Scott. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115141-ip-tracking-alternatives/#findComment-592110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectacularstuff Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 The answer to that is no. NAT translation within IP Routing devices prevents it. As your IP packet gets deconstructed within the routers the MAC address gets changed out with that devices MAC address so by the time your IP packet gets to the destination the MAC address has changed multiple times. An alternative is to place a cookie on their computer and look for the cookie, place a temp file on their computer and look for a temp file, use database or file cached saved PHP sessions. Wayne Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115141-ip-tracking-alternatives/#findComment-592147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0ve2hat3 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 yeah no. i asked this question recently and got the same answer... http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,205776.msg933505.html#msg933505 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/115141-ip-tracking-alternatives/#findComment-592190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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