Hi there,

I was wondering if you could help me put together a script, which can execute a batch file on a Windows XP/2003 computer to discover;
IP address
Mac Address
NetBIOS names of all the devices on a subnet and save the results to a .txt file located on a Desktop.

Cheers

whilst the programming forum is OS agnostic, this is very very heavily involved in the windows world, so i wouldn't hold out hope for much help. having said that i'd suggest you looked at using the wscript engine to pull configuration details out fairly simply from windows instead of using a clumsy batch file.

I see, do you have any Ideas how to do it?

well, for starters you can install the BASH (Bourne Again SHell) on a windows box. and then, write the script for the BASH shell. Click here for a complete BASH reference guide (it's how I learned BASH scripting.

Now, you may very well run into the problem that Windows does not have any pattern matching programs (ie. grep), so, in that case, write the script in Perl.

You'll need the pattern matching because, quite simply, I'm pretty sure the and commands will give you all the information you want, but you want ceratin bits, and want to filter through all the gunk in between.

Final answer: write a Perl script.

I'll put together a script for you tonight and post it if you want.

Oki thx mate.