Tips - How to get remote pc/server/device Mac Address

If you need to find remote mac address you can proceed in this way:


  1. If you are on a Windows machine, open a command box (Start...Run...cmd), ping the target machine so you have made contact with it, and then issue the command arp -a to view your local ARP table, which will list IP addresses and their corresponding MAC addresses.

    arp -a

  2. getmac /s remote_computer /u username /p password

    Syntax Example:

    getmac /s remote_computer /u username /p password
  3. nbtstat -a remote_IP