Hello!
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:32:04 -0600 Sandeep Arya wrote:
Sybren.. Does nmap is available on every systems? I tried on my linux fc4
machine in user previleage. it was not working. Does this just belongs to
superuser...
I'm not Sybren, but I think I'm able to respond.
nmap is only
linuxfreak enlightened us with:
How about sending an ICMP echo packet to your broadcast address and
checking which hosts send a reply
Won't work on all boxes. Windows boxes ignore broadcast pings, for
example.
I'd go for a call to nmap -sP instead, and filter it's output.
Sybren
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How about sending an ICMP echo packet to your broadcast address and
checking which hosts send a reply
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You could use a sniffer in promiscuous mode. pypcap -- or something
like. This will record every packet seen by your network card. Whether
is will work depends on whether you are on a true braodcast network.
if a box is on and completely inactive you'll never see it, but most
boxes do
. it was not working. Does this just belongs to
superuser...
Is there any other way ? Can just socket.connect or sendto help me? I.E.
their return valuess...
Sandeep
From: Sybren Stuvel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: Re: Detecting computers on network
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 1:59
Hi Sandeep,
i didn't see where you said if these hosts you want to ping are on your
internal network, or beyond your gateway. Probably the only truly
reliable way to maintain an active hosts list is to install a
ping-sending client on them, like
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
gene tani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Sandeep,
i didn't see where you said if these hosts you want to ping are on your
internal network, or beyond your gateway. Probably the only truly
reliable way to maintain an active hosts list is to install a
ping-sending client
How about sending an ICMP echo packet to your broadcast address and
checking which hosts send a reply
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