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I have a Mac and a PC in local network. Unfortunately the Mac does not have a keyboard and the IP is given dynamically by a router I don't have access to.
How do I connect my VNC/Synergy Client to this Mac or how do I get its IP?
Not an option is to place another keyboard on the table or hack into the router. Currently I run a portscan over the whole subnet and try to identify the Mac by its open ports – but there are other Macs in the network so it's a guessing game.
Nice to have would be a kind of local DynDNS service hosted by the Mac or something.
It sounds like you are attempting something that is impossible. The Mac you want to identify is in no way different from the other Macs, so how can you possibly identify it? (Maybe there's a sticker on it with its Ethernet MAC address?) – David Schwartz – 2012-11-05T08:10:04.540
ifconfig
gives me the MAC address and I probably could convert that into an IP somehow. Would be an improvement. But I was looking for something more automatically. Like add the mac to my dns server list and run some cool script on the mac that imitates a small dns server, or something like that. – PiTheNumber – 2012-11-05T08:19:03.827Oh, you know its hardware address? Then, after you run the portscan, check your ARP table. The IP address will be in there. – David Schwartz – 2012-11-05T08:20:39.233