find local computers

[Keith Morse]

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Barry L. Kline wrote:

> On Tuesday 02 March 2004 11:13 am, Marty Landman wrote:
> > >You may want to look at 'ping -b'  so send a broadcast ping, then collect
> > >the results.
> >
> > I don't understand the man page, could you give an example please? I'd like
> > to ping everything for
> >
> > 192.168.0. with netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> Your network is probably:
> 
> Network:  192.168.0.0
> Netmask: 255.255.255.0
> host addresses:  192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.254
> broadcast address:  192.168.0.255
> 
> Just issue:
> 
> ping -c 10 -b 192.168.0.255  
> 
> where -c 10 indicates 10 packets
>           -b means allow pinging a broadcast address
> 
> 192.168.0.255 is your broadcast address
> 
> Each host 1-254 will respond if it is on-line.  Simply collect the responses 
> and you'll have your list!

Just a note to the original poster, I've had problems with MS-Windows 
based pc's responding when using the "-b" option.  Or rather they don't 
respond at all.