Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-24 Thread perryh
Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: On Monday 23 March 2009 19:59:36 John Almberg wrote: 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

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-24 Thread Bruce Cran
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:43:34AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: On Monday 23 March 2009 19:59:36 John Almberg wrote: What I'm looking for is a utility that can scan a LAN for attached clients... i.e., computers that are

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-24 Thread John Almberg
I suspect that you don't have a switch that can port 'mirror' or 'span'. If you do, let us know. Otherwise, if you *really* want to find out what is on your switched Ethernet network, and nmap/arp etc. isn't enough, then I'd recommend an application called 'ettercap'. It runs on the CLI, and

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread Dánielisz László
Maybe nmap can help you in this case From: John Almberg jalmb...@identry.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:59:36 PM Subject: utility that scans lan for client? I've tried googling for this, but I guess I don't know the name of

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
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

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread Mel Flynn
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

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread David Kelly
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 02:59:36PM -0400, 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

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:59:36 -0400, John Almberg jalmb...@identry.com wrote: 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. As it has been suggested, nmap is a good tool. Another simple variation would be:

RE: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
: utility that scans lan for client? On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 02:59:36PM -0400, 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

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread John Almberg
On Mar 23, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Mel Flynn wrote: 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

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread John Almberg
On Mar 23, 2009, at 3:19 PM, David Kelly wrote: On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 02:59:36PM -0400, 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.,

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread Anton Yuzhaninov
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:59:36 -0400, John Almberg wrote: JA I've tried googling for this, but I guess I don't know the name of a JA utility such as this... JA JA What I'm looking for is a utility that can scan a LAN for attached JA clients... i.e., computers that are attached to the LAN.

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread David Kelly
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 03:41:55PM -0400, John Almberg wrote: On Mar 23, 2009, at 3:19 PM, David Kelly wrote: How about something as simple as arp -a? This lists the arp cache of machines recently heard by your machine. If you know the IP address of the machine in question and its not in

Re: utility that scans lan for client?

2009-03-23 Thread Steve Bertrand
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