MAC Address Discovery tool

The MAC Address Discovery tool in ETS for the Desktop can discover the MAC addresses, hardware manufacturers, IP addresses, and host names of the devices connected to your local subnets.

To discover the MAC addresses of devices connected to remote subnets, either run the tool on a laptop you can plug in to the remote subnets or consider using the Network Sonar tool and the Switch Port Mapper tool.

Open the MAC Address Discovery tool

• To launch the tool from the Toolset Launch Pad, locate the MAC Address Discovery tool and click Launch.

• You can add the tool to a tab in the Workspace Studio, and access it from there.

• To launch the tool from the Windows Start menu:

  1. Click Start > All > SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset.

  2. Right-click MAC Address Discovery, click More, and click Run as administrator.

Discover MAC addresses

1. From the Local Subnet list, select the local subnet.

   If your computer is attached to one subnet, only one choice is listed.

2. Click Discover MAC Addresses.

   The MAC Address Discovery tool scans the subnet and displays the results.

   

Search results data

Search for a value in the results set returned by the MAC Address Discovery tool.

1. Click Edit > Find.

2. Specify the text string to find.

3. Specify where you want to search:

   • From the top
   • From the current position down
   • From the current position up

4. Click Find Next.

Save results to a file or copy results

To transfer the results of the discovery, you can save them to a file or copy and paste them.

Export discovery results

Save the results to a file in a different format, such as HTML, Comma Delimited, PDF, or .gif image.

1. Click File > Send To, and then select the type of export.

2. Select the columns to include, and click OK.

3. Specify the name and location of the exported file, and click Save.

Send discovery results

Save the results to a different format, and then send them through email or a bluetooth file transfer, or save them as a Word file, .zip file, or desktop shortcut.

1. Click File > Export, and then select the type of export.

2. Specify the following information and click OK: 

   • The columns to include
   • The file name
   • The export format (such as HTML, text, or comma delimited)

3. Depending on your selection, follow any other onscreen instructions.

   If you saved the data to a .zip or Word file, the file is saved by default to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\SolarWinds.

Copy discovery results

Copy the results as text and them paste them in another application such as Word or a text editor.

• To copy some of the information:

  1. Select the cells.

  2. Click Edit > Copy Selection.

• To copy all information, click Edit > Copy All.

Modify MAC Address Discovery settings

You can configure the type of data provided in the discovery settings by adding data columns and specifying how to format MAC addresses. You can also adjust the ICMP Ping settings to reflect your network speed.

1. Click File > Settings.

2. Click the Columns tab, and then select the columns to display in your discovery results.

   Use the up and down arrows to change the left to right order of the selected columns.

3. Click the MAC Addresses tab, and specify the notation you want to use.

   Dotted notation offers an easier to read value separated by periods (.).

4. Click the Network tab, and then specify the ICMP values to use when pinging devices in the local subnet.

   Fast connections can use shorter timeout and delay settings.