C# Signature:

  [DllImport("iphlpapi.dll", ExactSpelling=true)]
  public static extern int SendARP(
      int DestIP, int SrcIP, byte[] pMacAddr, ref uint PhyAddrLen);

VB Signature:

  Declare Function SendARP Lib "iphlpapi.dll" (
      ByVal DestIP As UInt32, ByVal SrcIP As UInt32, _
      ByVal pMacAddr As Byte(), ByRef PhyAddrLen As Integer) As Integer

User-Defined Types:

None.

Notes:

SendARP returns 0 on success. The parameter SrcIP can be 0.

Tips & Tricks:

Please add some!

The DestIP and SrcIP arguments should be UInt32 to avoid System.OverflowException when the last nibble of the IP-address is .128 or greater.

Sample Code:

This code help to get the MAC Address of a network card (You need to know the IP address)

Public Shared Function GetMAC(ByVal IPAddress As String) As String

    Dim addr As IPAddress = IPAddress.Parse(IPAddress)
    Dim mac() As Byte = New Byte(6) {}
    Dim len As Integer = mac.Length
    SendARP(CType(addr.Address, UInt32), 0, mac, len)
    Dim macAddress As String = BitConverter.ToString(mac, 0, len)
    Return macAddress

End Function

This is a similar C# sample

IPAddress dst = IPAddress.Parse("192.168.2.1"); // the destination IP address Note:Can Someone give the code to get the IP address of the server

//Please do not use the IPAddress.Address property

//This API is now obsolete. --> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.ipaddress.address.aspx

//to get the IP in Integer mode use

int intAddress = BitConverter.ToInt32(dst.GetAddressBytes(), 0);

byte[] macAddr = new byte[6];
uint macAddrLen = (uint) macAddr.Length;
if (SendARP(intAddress, 0, macAddr, ref macAddrLen) != 0)
    throw new InvalidOperationException("SendARP failed.");

string[] str = new string[(int)macAddrLen];
for (int i = 0; i < macAddrLen; i++)
    str[i] = macAddr[i].ToString("x2");

Console.WriteLine(string.Join(":", str));

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