From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bay0-omc2-s21.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s21.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.157]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8DB7DDD01 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:25:45 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: From: "Eric Nuckols" To: edjubenville@adelphia.net, linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: RE: Finding devices with dynamic IP addresses Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:25:41 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , >From: "Edward Jubenville" >I hope this isn't off topic here... > >My network will contain several ELDK-based devices configured with dynamic >IP addresses (DHCP). I need a way for any Windows PC on the subnet to >locate the devices without prior knowledge of their IP address. I'm hoping >to find a peer-to-peer >solution that doesn't involve a third party (DNS) server. not sure if you can do a broadcast ping and look at the arp info on windows..but if I were to do this in linux, I'd do something like the following ping -b 255.255.255.255 CTRL-C after a few seconds then arp _________________________________________________________________ Invite your Hotmail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us