Dear All
Can you please do me favor and let me know if there is an utility on the Linux server that enables me to obtain the IP address of the other connected node that is an the same subnet ? (I mean my server is @172.16.17.159 and the other node is @172.16.17.XX and I want to obtain the other node IP address automatically) ?
Regards
H.Motamedi

Dear All
Can you please do me favor and let me know if there is an utility on the Linux server that enables me to obtain the other network element IP address automatically ? I mean my server is @172.16.17.159 and the other network element is @172.16.17.XX and I want to obtain its IP address automatically .
Regards
H.Motamedi

a bit long winded, but you can use nmap or netcat to scan the subnet.
or you can use any such network discovery tool.
there are loads - 2 of such are fing and cheops

forgot to add link to fing

This any use?

Hello,

Some clarification is needed in my opinion. You have your first server (@172.16.17.159) on which you work and do stuff. You also have a second server of which you don't always know the IP address since it's configured to use DHCP. Is this correct?

If so, do you have a DNS server running? If yes then you can just do a ping to the hostname to get the IP.

If not, do you have access to the second server/workstation? If yes, get the MAC address.

If you run on your first server, you get a list of all connections in the ARP table which also lists your other machine. Find the line with the MAC address of your second machine and you get the IP.

will give you a lot more useful options.

Kind regards,

Eric

i think nmap, netstat, ethereal mite help.

Thank you for your reply . Please be informed that my Linux server is at@172.16.17.159 and the other server on the Net has static ip address assigned in the range of@172.16.17.XX but I don't have its @ip exactly . Do you mind to let me know how can I obtain its IP address remotely as I have valid id/pwd to be able to log in ?
Regards
H.Motamedi

Login as use

ifconfig

as root, or

/sbin/ifconfig

if not root user.
Feel free to post the results here.
Alternately, ping and/or nslookup the machine name, should return the IP.

Assuming nmap is not prohibited on your network,

One solution would be to use a process of elimination.

Is the target machine running an ssh server? If so

Look to see which systems report that SSH is open and listening.

man nmap for further documentation.

I have merged your duplicate threads. In the future please have only on thread on a particular question.