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Leonardo Agustin Espinoza Lagos

2005-04-13, 6:00 pm


Hi!

I'm learning english. My writing is not the best yet.

I have a win2000/NT/98 PCs network with a Linux PC as a gateway. The IPs
are in the classic 192.168.X.X form. The Linux have a DHCP service too.

Are there a way to scanning the used/unused IPs in the net from the Linux
PC? I think there would be a unix command or procedure but I can't get it
in the man library.

Thanks in advance.

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Leonardo A. Espinoza Lagos ------> mailto:lespinoz@dcc.uchile.cl
Escuela de Ingenieria - Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas
Universidad de Chile ---- CHILE
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Greg Beeker

2005-04-13, 6:00 pm


Leonardo Agustin Espinoza Lagos wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm learning english. My writing is not the best yet.
>
> I have a win2000/NT/98 PCs network with a Linux PC as a gateway. The

IPs
> are in the classic 192.168.X.X form. The Linux have a DHCP service

too.
>
> Are there a way to scanning the used/unused IPs in the net from the

Linux
> PC? I think there would be a unix command or procedure but I can't

get it
> in the man library.

try nmap.
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
Be careful that you don't scan another IP range that you don't 'own'.

Ian Wilson

2005-04-14, 7:51 am

Leonardo Agustin Espinoza Lagos wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm learning english. My writing is not the best yet.
>
> I have a win2000/NT/98 PCs network with a Linux PC as a gateway. The IPs
> are in the classic 192.168.X.X form. The Linux have a DHCP service too.
>
> Are there a way to scanning the used/unused IPs in the net from the
> Linux PC? I think there would be a unix command or procedure but I can't
> get it in the man library.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Leonardo A. Espinoza Lagos ------> mailto:lespinoz@dcc.uchile.cl
> Escuela de Ingenieria - Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas
> Universidad de Chile ---- CHILE
> ========================================
================================



Have a look at arpwatch, unlike nmap it just runs continuously in the
background and (if I remember correctly) can email you whenever a new IP
address appears or when an IP-address is reused by a different PC.

Obviously, nmap will miss PCs that are currently turned off. Whether
this matters depends on what you want to achieve.

There will also be a log file of addresses handed out by the DHCP service.
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