won't istumbler work this way? Jeff
On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:10 PM, Albert Carter wrote:
If you want to know how to detect a specific computer connecting you
can setup your niece's computer's MAC Address to obtain a specific
IP from your router connects and then just keep a continuous ping
running on that IP. When the pings start coming back then you'll
know she's connected.
Albert Carter
Reston, VA
Computer Consultant/Technician/Training
From: Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net>
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sat, March 6, 2010 12:05:54 AM
Subject: Re: Who's using my network?
On 3/5/10 8:56 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>
> On Mar 5, 2010, at 8:27 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
>
>>
>> Anybody know if there's a piece of software out there (for leopard
>> 10.5.8) that will tell me who's using my network? I know it will
>> probably only show an IP address, but that would be good. Jeff
>
> Most WiFi routers have a section where they show connected devices
in
> their configuration software, including Airport's . Wired devices
are
> easy to find. Pick up the ethernet cable and follow....
>
And if you have the MAC address you can use the first 3 number pairs
(prefix) to find the vendor of the Ethernet chip set. Apple computers
almost always come up as Apple being the vendor. Other brands are
harder to tell.
You can use either of these web pages to look up the MAC prefix.
<http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt>
<http://www.curreedy.com/stu/nic/>
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