Connect to pfsense with mac address

saej

Hi all
Can i connect to pfsense with mac address ?
If i can, how to?

Thanks all

heper

could you elaborate on that? you wish to connect without using tcp/ip ?

saej

Yes…I want to connect to pfsense without tcp/ip...same as mikrotik!!! connect with mac address...can i connect?

stephenw10

There's no way to connect via MAC, there's no way to do it on layer2. However you can discover the IP from the MAC. For example:
http://superuser.com/questions/29640/inverse-arp-lookup

The Microtik application probably just does that for you.
Why do you want/need to do this?

Steve

ptt

Nop, MikroTik uses MAC Telnet: http://wiki.wireshark.org/Protocols/mactelnet

stephenw10

Huh, you learn something everyday. :)

Steve

ptt

Yes, that's true… Fortunately we have a friendly and knowledgeable community here, from which everyday everyone can learn something..... ;)

BBcan177

Glad to be part of this world we call pfSense!!