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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

get MAC address of target IP

Hi, I have already spent some days searching the information how to fetch the MAC address associated with an IP address. I am primarly an FPGA designer and unfortunately beginner with regard ...
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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

I have tried, I have understood the structure/role of arp/icmp/etc packets, but my problem is how to intiate them from within the nios application.

The question isn't about assigning ip address (I already have the simple socket server example fully operational), but how to initiate the mentioned arp/ping packets.