limitphp Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Is there a Way to Capture MAC Addresses? just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcateme Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 well do you mean on a local network or across the internet? it is possible to do so on a local network but i don't think php has the power to. but across the internet it is impossible MAC address are used only on Ethernet lan's and son when you send a packet across the internet as soon as it leaves your home/work network it proberly goes over say a ADSL connection using PPP and all your MAC information is useless from here so is lost and the packet travels purely by IP address Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limitphp Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 well do you mean on a local network or across the internet? it is possible to do so on a local network but i don't think php has the power to. but across the internet it is impossible MAC address are used only on Ethernet lan's and son when you send a packet across the internet as soon as it leaves your home/work network it proberly goes over say a ADSL connection using PPP and all your MAC information is useless from here so is lost and the packet travels purely by IP address Scott. I meant across the internet.... thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 You can't get the MAC address of a computer through HTTP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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