[PLUG] How to indentify a computer on the network

Dan Young dan_young at parkrose.k12.or.us
Sat Feb 8 10:49:02 UTC 2003


Kyle Accardi said:
> Josh Orchard wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> Reminds me of a story a year or so ago about a university bsd server
> that  took IT a long time to locate.  They finally found it in a
> closet that had  been walled up 10? years before.
>
> google's coming up short here.

I hate to pick nits but it looks like it was a Netware box. I googled
for 'server found behind wall'. :-)

http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010409S0001

-Dan Young
-Parkrose School District






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