Ping Return Remote Host Information

qwerty_tele · 11-24-2008, 09:12 AM

Hi!

Does anyone know how to "ping" a machine on the network and return information about that machine? For example, I know that 192.168.2.34 is an active machine (returns ping info), but now I want to know which machine it is. Is there a ping or some other command that I can combine with the IP address to get it to return the remote host informaiton?

Thanks!

TW

TB0ne · 11-24-2008, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by qwerty_tele

Hi!

Does anyone know how to "ping" a machine on the network and return information about that machine? For example, I know that 192.168.2.34 is an active machine (returns ping info), but now I want to know which machine it is. Is there a ping or some other command that I can combine with the IP address to get it to return the remote host informaiton?

Thanks!
TW

SNMP is used to return information about a remote host. Nmap can also return some info, but it's hard to say what's right in your situation. You don't say anything about what version/distro of Linux you're using, what the remote machines are, or what you're trying to do.....

dxqcanada · 11-24-2008, 09:48 AM

What specific information did you want ?

qwerty_tele · 11-24-2008, 11:05 AM

Wow, NMap did exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

TW