[c-nsp] Finding Ip of Stanalone Machine.

[Jonathan Charles]

Yeah, plug it into a switch.

Boot the PC.

Do a show mac-address-table for the port number.

Do a show arp for the mac-address.

When the PC boots, it will arp for its own IP address, the switch will see this.



Jonathan

On 7/19/06, Sam Jacob <samj at tataelxsi.co.in> wrote:
> I tried pinging to 255.255.255.255  from windows and it says "Unknown host 255.255.255.255".
>
> Is there any other solution other than using a sniffer.
> Regards,
>
> Sam Jacob
>
>
>
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>   Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 5:55 PM
>   Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Finding Ip of Stanalone Machine.
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>
>   howdy
>
>   do a x-over connection from u'r pc/laptop and  do a ping to the all 1 broadcast
>
>    ping -b 255.255.255.255          ( from a *nix) machine
>
>   you should be able to get a response back, this is on assumption that the pc will respond to a ping
>   sent to  the broadcast address
>
>   regards
>
>
>
>   On 7/19/06, Sam Jacob <samj at tataelxsi.co.in> wrote:
>     Hi ,
>
>     I ve been asked this question by a colleague of mine.
>
>     Assume that you have a Standalone PC with an IP Address configured and you
>     have no access to this PC.
>
>     How do we find out the IP Address of  this PC if  you are allowed to use its
>     network interface and any cable of your choice (Straight or Cross Cable ).
>
>     Regards,
>     Sam Jacob
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