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On Wednesday 25 May 2011 21:45:07 Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> There must be a number of people who post here that have had to do |
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> this problem. |
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> Discover the addresses of computers on a home network that have |
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> connected by way of DHCP. For example: Several wireless connections. |
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> I've used static IPS for around 10 yrs, always seemed handier for |
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> things like ssh between home lan computers. |
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> But recently started using DHCP for wireless connections. It must be |
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> such a popular method for some reason. |
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> But when you do it that way, and say want to VNC or ssh or the like to |
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> something connected by a dhcp serving WAP then how do you find the |
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> address? |
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> That is, besides something like accessing the WAP and checking the IPs |
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> connected to it. |
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> Is there some quick and sure way to discover any IPs on the home lan? |
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> Some kind of mapper tool? |
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dhcp can assign static adresses ! Thus, it's easier to manage (only the dhcp |
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server to admin !) |
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I am not english, thus, don't know website with such doc (in english) but you |
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can easily find it on internet ! |
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You have also dnsmasq that makes both dns (for lan) + dhcp (whereas commonly, |
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this functions are split) |
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Stéphane Guedon |
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page web : http://www.22decembre.eu/ |
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carte de visite : http://www.22decembre.eu/downloads/Stephane-Guedon.vcf |
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clé publique gpg : http://www.22decembre.eu/downloads/Stephane-Guedon.asc |
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