Help on Find MAC Address

1. Main Window

1.1. Main Menu

File

The File menu includes various commands for controlling the software, saving or opening results, scanning the network for MAC addresses.

1. Open — Load previously saved scan results from XML.
2. Save — Save the scan results to XML.
3. Export — Export the scan results to the format that can be read by other applications.
   • TXT — Notepad or another text editor;
   • CSV — Excel or another software for working with worksheets;
   • RTF — WordPad, Microsoft Word or another editor;
   • HTML — Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera or another web browser.
4. Find MAC address — Start the process of scanning and finding the MAC addresses of computers according to the parameters specified in the Panel Target and Method groups.
5. Stop process — Stop the process of scanning and finding the MAC address, since multiple threads are used during the process, it is stopped not immediately, but in a few seconds.
6. Language — Select the language of the software interface^∗.
   

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   You can translate the interface into your own language, all necessary information is available in the LNG file in the Languages directory. To translate the software, just copy the file English.lng, change its name into your language (for instance, spanish.lng) and translate all strings in it.

7. Preferences — Open the Preferences dialog box.
8. Exit — Exit the program.

Edit

The Edit menu includes the following commands: Find, Copy, Clear.

1. Find in list — search the results list for the specified text.
2. Copy to clipboard — Copy the selected line into the clipboard.
3. Clear — Clear the list of scan results and the scan log

View

The View menu allows you to customize the work area of the application.

1. Show horizontal grid — show the horizontal grid in the list of scan results.
2. Show vertical grid — show the vertical grid in the list of scan results.
3. Show striped grid — show the striped list of results.
4. Restore columns order — restore the default column order.
5. Select Columns — open the Column Settings dialog box.

Help

The Help menu allows you to open the help file, access the support service and check the software for updates.

1. Help — open help for the software.
2. Homepage — open the homepage of the software.
3. Feedback — open the Internet page where you can send your feedback, suggestions or offers.
4. Check for updates — open the Internet page where you can check the software for available updates.
5. About — open the About dialog box with general information about the software.

1.2. Toolbar

The toolbar allows you to quickly access the main features of the software.

1. Load list from file — Load previously saved scan results from XML.
2. Save list to file — Save the scan results to XML.
3. Find MAC address — Start the process of scanning and finding the MAC addresses of computers according to the parameters specified in the Panel Target and Method sections.
4. Stop process — Stop the process of scanning and finding the MAC address.
5. Find in list — Open the Find in list dialog box.
6. Copy to clipboard — Copy the selected line with scan results into the clipboard.
7. Export — Save the scan results in the format that can be read in other applications.
8. Clear list — Clear the scan results and the scan log.
9. Preferences — Open the Preferences dialog box.
10. Help — open help for the software.

1.3. Panel Target

You can select one of the four objects for scanning

• Local computer;
• Remote computer;
• Entire network;
• Scan IP address range.

Panel Target — Local computer

Find MAC Address will find the MAC addresses of the network cards on the local computer.
The Computer name field shows the name of the local computer and the IP address field shows its IP address. You cannot edit these values.

Panel Target — Remote computer

Find MAC Address will find the MAC address of the computer you specify in the input field. You can specify either the name of the computer or its IP address. If you click the button next to the input field, you will see the Browse for Computer dialog box where you can select any computer in the network neighborhood and find its MAC address.

Panel Target — Entire network

Find MAC Address scans the network neighborhood in the same way Windows Explorer does it when you open My Network Place. The software determines the MAC addresses of all detected computers.

Panel Target — Scan IP address range

Find MAC Address scans the range of addresses specified in the Start IP and Stop IP fields. You can quickly add a range of addresses using the network settings of your computer by clicking the My IP range button. After you click this button, you will see the Calculating IP range dialog box where you can select the address of your network card.
If you have several network cards, you can use the combo box to select the one you need. The address of the network card and the subnet mask will be used to calculate the range of addresses for your network.

A click on the OK button in the Calculating IP range dialog box will close it and the calculated values will be specified in the input fields.

When you click the B or C button in the Panel Target group, the range of addresses for a network of the B or C class respectively will be generated according to the values specified in the Start IP field.

1.4. Method

Before you start the scan process, you can select the method you want to use to find the MAC address

Find MAC Address uses one of the four scan methods, you can choose any of them:

1. ARP;
2. NetBIOS;
3. NET API;
4. WMI.

Method — ARP

ARP — uses the SendARP function to get the MAC address of a remote computer. This function uses an ARP request in order to get the physical address (the MAC address) for the specified IP address. The equivalent command is arp -a. The computer being scanned must be located in the same subnet as yours.

Method — NetBIOS

NetBIOS — uses NetBIOS functions to get the MAC address of a remote computer. NetBIOS functions allow applications on different computer establish a link between themselves via the local area network. The equivalent command is nbtstat -a. NetBIOS must be enabled on the computer being scanned.

Method — Net API

Net API — uses the Windows Networking API to get the MAC address of a remote computer. The equivalent command is getmac. NetBIOS must be also enabled for this method.

Method — WMI

WMI — uses Windows Management Instrumentation functions to get the MAC address of a remote computer and other parameters of its network card. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a set of extensions for the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification. WMI is Microsoft’s implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common Information Model (CIM) standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). If you use this method for scanning, you will be also able to find out the name of the network card. You must be logged as an administrator on the computer being scanned.

1.5. Scan results

All detected computers and their MAC addresses are shown in the list of scan results. You can view the list as a tree or as a flat list. The view depends on the scan method.

For example, the list is displayed as a tree if you scan and Find MAC Addresses using the NetAPI or WMI method.

The list is displayed as a flat list when you scan and determine MAC addresses using the ARP and NetBIOS methods.

The following menu will appear if you click the title of a column in the list of scan results.

The first half of the menu contains the list of columns in the list. You can show or hide the selected column by selecting or clearing the corresponding item.

1. Show horizontal grid — show the horizontal grid in the list of scan results.
2. Show vertical grid — show the vertical grid in the list of scan results.
3. Show striped grid — show the striped list of results.
4. Restore columns order — reset the column order to the default.
5. Select Columns — open the Column Settings dialog box.

1.6. Scan log

The scan log contains messages the software makes while scanning and finding MAC addresses.

2. Dialog boxes

2.1. Find in List

You can use this dialog box to search the result list. Type what you are looking for in the Find what field and click the Find button. After the software finds a matching text, the line with this text will be selected. Each time you click the Find button again after that, the software will search the list for the text further.

2.2. Column Settings

You can use this dialog box to customize the order and appearance of the list with scan results.

• You can change the order of columns in the list by clicking the Move down / Move Up buttons.
• Click the Show / Hide buttons to hide or show columns in the list.
• Change the size of columns in pixels by entering the value in the Selected column should be field.
• You can also align text in columns: Left, Right, Center.

To apply the made changes, click the OK button.

2.3. Preferences

You can use this dialog box to specify the default parameters of the software.

General tab

This tab contains general parameters.

• Show computer caption as — defines how computers will be displayed in the list of scan results.
• Clear list before Find MAC — if the checkbox is selected, the results of the previous scan, as well as the scan log, will be cleared each time you start a new scan.
• Detect NetBIOS name for computer — if the checkbox is selected, the NetBIOS name of the computer will be detected when it is scanned. For example, you want to see not only the IP addresses of computers, but also their names when the software is scanning IP addresses.
• Timeout for NetBIOS operations — the timeout for detecting the name of a computer.

Check state tab

This tab contains the parameters of checking the state of the computers being scanned.

You can use this tab to select how the software should check the state of the remote computer. Before scanning a computer, the software checks its state. If the computer is switched off, it will not be scanned and its MAC address will not be found. There are two ways to check the state of a computer — a ping or a connection to the specified port.

Don't check state — the state of the computer will not be checked. No matter whether the computer is switched on or off, the software will try to find its MAC address.

Ping — a ping is used to check the state of the computer.

TCP Connect to port — a connection to the specified port is used to check the state of the computer. The port number must be greater than 1 and less than 65535.

Timeout — you can specify the time the software should wait for the remote computer to respond to your request, the time is specified in milliseconds. If the computer does not respond to the request within the specified time, it is considered inactive and it is not scanned.