Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:10:21 +0100 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> Subject: Re: utility that scans lan for client? Message-ID: <200903232010.21179.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <E4A3989A-982F-4B9D-971D-25C49A932EB7@identry.com> References: <E4A3989A-982F-4B9D-971D-25C49A932EB7@identry.com>
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On Monday 23 March 2009 19:59:36 John Almberg wrote: > I've tried googling for this, but I guess I don't know the name of a > utility such as this... > > What I'm looking for is a utility that can scan a LAN for attached > clients... i.e., computers that are attached to the LAN. > > I have one box (an appliance that I have no access to), that is on > the LAN but I don't know what IP address it's using. I'd like to > complete my network map, and that is the one empty box on my chart. security/nmap If the box pings, you can simply scan your LAN like: $ nmap -sP 192.168.2.0/24 Starting Nmap 4.76 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-03-23 11:05 AKDT <hosts snipped> Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (18 hosts up) scanned in 1.11 seconds There's tons of options available (including OS fingerprinting), most of which will require root to run as it needs on-the-fly changes to IP packets. -- Mel
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