Re: finding all (OS X) Macs on a local network ?
Re: finding all (OS X) Macs on a local network ?
- Subject: Re: finding all (OS X) Macs on a local network ?
- From: Graham J Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:23:17 +0000
- Organization: University of Oxford Department of Redundancy Department
On 2004-03-11 19:04:27 +0000 Aurilien Hugeli <email@hidden> wrote:
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hi list !
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i would like to be able to list all active, OS X, Macs on my local network.
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I'm pretty sure a trick with rendezVous is possible, but how ?
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i have an idea using "arp -a" in command line, but this will return me all
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machines on the network (PCs, airport base etc !). Is there a way to know if
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the machine at IP@ XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is specifically a Mac ? (an OS X Mac...)
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Could you wrap something around nmap (
http://www.insecure.org/nmap)? nmap -O will (firewall restrictions notwithstanding) tell you what OS is running on a remote machine.
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Graham Lee
Wadham College
OX1 3PN
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