On 19/10/10 16:54, Cornelius Mostert wrote: > Hi > The scenario is as follow: > 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a Lan > 2. You do NOT have any documentation from the previous Admin > 3. You find a router / WiFi Router that is in use and therefore you > can NOT reset it > 4. This router is a "home" / consumer router like Netgear, Linksys, > etc. So not an enterprise router > 5. You need to brows to the routers config web page to make some > changes (you assume the default admin and password for the router) BUT > you do NOT know the IP address > 6. You know the router is NOT a DHCP server > > Now the question is HOW do you find the IP address of the router ??? > > thanx use nmap to scan the subnet and report on what it finds, You will probably recognise the manufacturer from the list of network cards it sees.
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