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May 30, 2025

Troubleshooting Tip: Fetching MAC address of a device using IP address

  • May 30, 2025
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Description This article describes the commands used to fetch the MAC address of a device using the IP address.
Scope FortiGate.
Solution

There are two ways in which the MAC address of the device can be obtained :

  1. If the IP address is assigned via a DHCP lease:

 

execute dhcp lease-list

 

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2nd column shows the MAC address.

 

  1. It can also be found using the ARP table:

 

get system arp

 

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Related documents:

Technical Tip: Using 'get system arp' command on the FortiGate

ARP table