How to Find a Remote PC

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Tip 1 - Connect to another computer using Remote Desktop Connection - Windows Help

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dorota u 015aciesiu 0144ska | permalink

Learn how to use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to a remote computer.

For further reading: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/connect-using-remote-desktop-connection ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to find the MAC address of a remote computer?

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by sharlene oflynn | permalink

I know the IP address of a host on my own LAN. Using that, how can I find its MAC address (without having to physically access it)?

For further reading: http://superuser.com/questions/188799/how-to-find-the-mac-address-of-a-remote-computer ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Find a Remote IP Address

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by frazzlerunning | permalink

Computers that connect to a TCP/IP network such as the Internet are assigned an IP address, a label consisting of 32-bits and represented in dotted-decimal notation, such as 192.168.0.1. PCs also ...

For further reading: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/remote-ip-address-56452.html ^[3]

Tip 4 - Find IP Address of Remote Computer

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Wayne | permalink

Ok, so I would like to know how to find out IP address of a remote computer over internet. I know about getting the user to my site and logging their IP address, but I am looking forward to more intuitive method of getting the target's IP. Directing the user to my site is not the best way to get the IP for instance the user will get suspicious when asking hit to visit a site for no obvious reason, moreover anyone with even a slight knowledge would figure out the reason. Also it fails if target has dynamic IP. Well you don't expect the user to visit my site every time his IP changes. Is there

For further reading: http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/forum/find-ip-address-remote-computer-0147048/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - how to get MAC address of remote computer

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Eseny PS 3 | permalink

I have specific situation. I want to get MAC address from a remote computer, which is not in domain. I know the hostname and IP address of the remote computer. The IP Address of my computer is

For further reading: http://serverfault.com/questions/411054/how-to-get-mac-address-of-remote-computer ^[5]