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Old 03-02-2009, 12:03 AM   #1
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Question finding the connected computers in lan

please provide me the details how can i find how many commupters are connected in the lan from linux machine.
 
Old 03-02-2009, 12:11 AM   #2
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You can use nmap for host discovery. There is no guarantee that all hosts will be found if they don't replay to the scan.

eg:
nmap -sP 192.168.1.1-254/24
 
Old 03-02-2009, 12:30 AM   #3
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or this

nmap -O -PN 172.0.0.0/8 <- your ip range
 
  


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