[PLUG] How to indentify a computer on the network

[Wil Cooley]

On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 17:33, Josh Orchard wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm sure some of you have had this problem and can give me a nice trick to
> find the computer.
> 
> I have a computer on the network doing NTP broadcast yet I can not find it.
> 
> I know the IP and I know that windows nbtstat doesn't respond.  This makes
> me think that maybe it is some sort of linux box.  But I could be wrong.
> 
> Does anyone know how I would go about testing to see what type of machine
> it is and how to find it?  I have no idea where it is in the building
> either.

If you've got the IP address, you've also got the MAC address.  From
that, you can find a) The NIC manufacturer and b) The switch port
(assuming you're using switched Ethernet).

Wil
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