Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 14:25:35 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Beni <beni@brinckman.info> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finding out what devices got an ip from the dhcp ? Message-ID: <ADAFC209-8B50-40BF-8694-01F997E6D017@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200612042118.51904.beni@brinckman.info> References: <200612042118.51904.beni@brinckman.info>
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On Dec 4, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Beni wrote: > Is there an easy and fast way to find out what computers got an ip > from the > dhcp daemon running on my Linksys WAG54G ? > > I know I can log onto the adsl gateway and check it via the > webinterface and > see in realtime how many addresses are distributed to what pc- > names, but > there i have no history and i was hoping there were other ways of > checking > this out. > > I'm not at all paranoid but i would like to check who's on my (wpa- > protected) > wireless lan... Install a port-scanner like nmap, and scan the DHCP-managed subnet. I suppose you could use plain old ping, too, but nmap will identify the OS and hardware manufacturer of the NIC (although I'm not sure it knows how to recognize the MACs of wireless cards)... -- -Chuck
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