Re: check available remote machines? possible?
Re: check available remote machines? possible?
- Subject: Re: check available remote machines? possible?
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:12:41 -0600
- Thread-topic: check available remote machines? possible?
On 11/30/05 08:09, "doug rogers" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> anybody here to know about how to check for available machines
>>> running remote applications (esp. one e.g. "iCal") on the internal
>>> network?
>>> The problem is, that there must be control if single machines run
>>> before trying to do any remote actions on them?
>>
>> I think that "ping" is for that.
>>
>> Emmanuel
>
> forgive a newbie question, but can you ping with knowing only the
> Mac's name?
You can ping the broadcast address for a subnet, but all ping is going to
tell you is that there's a functional NIC and just enough IP to return a
PING. It's not going to tell you bubkis about the applications running on
that box.
--
"In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel
so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military."
- General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
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