Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!multikabel.net!newsfeed10.multikabel.net!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool3.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <1459459.lGe1XJ6QLU@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:20:39 +0100 User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit Subject: Re: How to get client mac address in PHP ..? Newsgroups: comp.lang.php References: <4eca79d7$0$28668$a8266bb1@newsreader.readnews.com> <2742039.DBLsAHKzVh@PointedEars.de> <4ecac87a$0$28438$a8266bb1@newsreader.readnews.com> Followup-To: comp.lang.php MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 39 NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Nov 2011 01:20:39 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: b668e72a.newsspool3.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=TYY^^gh8\5iEB;5>eE0T7mMcF=Q^Z^V3h4Fo<]lROoRa8kF 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, (2004)