Originally Posted by
Odyssey
And, 'ifconfig' gives you the ip# of the computer you are on. Is there a shell command that interrogates all other devices on the network and returns their ip #'s?
Take a look at nmap. It should be in the repos -- just run sudo apt-get install nmap and read the man pages (or google) for how to use it. It's pretty slick and can tell you all sorts of information about the other machines on your network.
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