On 05/28/2013 10:04 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 08:54:03PM -0400, SilverTip257 wrote:
>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Kahlil Hodgson <
>> kahlil.hodgson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Also the arpwatch program might help if you are trying to track down
>>> mysterious devices popping up on your network.
>>
>> +1 for arpwatch
>>
>> You beat me to mentioning it. ;)
>>>
>>> K
> <snip>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Kahlil Hodgson <
>>> kahlil.hodgson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Running 'arp -n' on a machine that you think might receive packets from
>>>> the unknown host might also do the job.
>>>>
>>>> K
> <snip>
>
> Perhaps a stupid idea: I didn't see where the OP indicated they did not
> know which physical machine this is, but I understood it to be unknown
> on the network.
>
> So, if I"m right, just go to the machine and do ifconfig or similar.
>
> Or if I'm wrong, just pretend I didn't say this! :)
>
You are assuming that this is a machine with a keyboard and monitor. The
OP did not give us that information. I have several devices on my network
without user interfaces, like a TV tuner. It has no input device -- I
don't think it even has a power switch. I has three wires going in the
back -- power, antenna, network. Exactly how am I going to ask it
ifconfig? Even a router or firewall can be a mystery as to what IP address
it will respond to.
Read carefully, and don't impose your network on the OP's situation.
Ted Miller
Elkhart, IN, USA
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