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Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..?

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Denis McMahon wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:17:48 -0500, Doug Miller wrote:
>> On 11/21/2011 11:43 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> Denis McMahon wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:15:12 -0800, rrvasanth wrote:
>>>>> I need to know the MAC address of the connect clients, how can I do
>>>>> this in PHP?
>>>> […]
>>> It is neither irrelevant nor impossible to obtain that information
>>> using PHP.  You would know that if you knew that MAC addresses do not
>>> require Ethernet.
> […]
> Actually, I would love to see TPEL code a web page that displayed the MAC
> address of any computer that requested it. However, it's impossible for
> him to do it!

"Any computer" and "web page" are ideas of yours that have nothing to do 
with the original question.

> He does not have the ability to code such a page.

Nobody has, but only because you have raised the bar.  A common fallacy, but 
not an unexpected one coming from you.

> psst Thomas, prove me wrong, code a web page that displays the MAC
> address of the computer requesting the web page, and post the code to
> prove you did it in php. Because I say you can't do it!

Contrary to what you apparently imagine in your little idiot replacement of 
a brain, I do not care to satisfy your every whim just to prove that you are 
wrong.  Hint: arp.


PointedEars
-- 
Danny Goodman's books are out of date and teach practices that are
positively harmful for cross-browser scripting.
  -- Richard Cornford, cljs, <cife6q$253$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk> (2004)

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How to get client mac address in PHP ..? rrvasanth <vasanthaltimate@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 03:15 -0800
  Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-21 11:36 +0000
  Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-11-21 07:16 -0500
  Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 16:18 +0000
    Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-21 17:43 +0100
      Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Doug Miller <doug_at_milmacdotcom@example.com> - 2011-11-21 15:17 -0500
        Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 21:54 +0000
          Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-22 01:20 +0100
            Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-11-21 22:14 -0500
            Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-22 09:28 +0000
              Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-22 13:38 +0100
  Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Centurion <me@nowhere.example> - 2011-11-22 14:08 +1100

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