can we ping Mac address

point-source / dart_ping

Multi-platform network ping utility for Dart

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Closed khanems closed 7 months ago

khanems commented 7 months ago

can we ping mac address through this plugin ? for bluetooth devices

point-source commented 7 months ago

Unfortunately not since MAC addresses are a layer 2 designator while IP is layer 3. The ping protocol operates on layer 3 of the OSI layer model.

The tool you are looking for is called arp / arping and I do not know if anyone has made a dart variant yet.