MAC to IP Resolving In Local Area Network

All,

Hello. I have a question that pertains to networking if you can
answer. I am software professional working on
a network application. I would like to know is there
any way I would be able to send a MAC Address to a local network, and
retrieve a corresponding IP Address that was assigned to the MAC via
DHCP (Dynamic Host
protocol)? The MAC Addres will belong to a Ethernet card that was
already connected to the local network.

I found some ways, however, my boss felt they were too
inefficient for a user to do when using my
application. These include: WMI (Windows Management
Instrumentation), and ARP using IP Helper API in
Visual Studio. These methods required either some
sort of additional installation of code libraries or
pinging all IP addresses on the network before determining the correct
one which was very time consuming.
I am just looking for a quick and simple method to send a MAC Address
and
receive the assigned IP Address.

>>From my research on the net, I have been unsuccessful
in finding such a method, and my boss really wants me
to prove to him that it cannot be done. If anyone can give me an
absolute answer
that this can or cannot be done, I would really appreciate it.
Preferable
languages to do this in would be ones from Visual
Studio 6 or .Net.

Regards,

Rosraj

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