networking windows & linux

[steve]

Hi,

My network consists of Windows & Linux machines. I want to write an
application (which runs on a Windows machine) to discover all the
other machines in the network. What's the best way to go about?

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
steve

 

[grobbeltje]

My network consists of Windows & Linux machines. I want to write an
application (which runs on a Windows machine) to discover all the
other machines in the network. What's the best way to go about?

depends, can you change settings for these machines?
what do you have to know about the machines you 'find'?
most unix/unix clones react to broadcast pings by default,
which would do most of the work for you

good luck!

 

[steve]

thanx grobbel. its enough if i 'find' the IP address and DNS lookup
names of the discovered machines. if i get 2 know the OS (whether its
linux, solaris etc) it'll be gr8!!!

 

[grobbeltje]

thanx grobbel. its enough if i 'find' the IP address and DNS lookup
names of the discovered machines. if i get 2 know the OS (whether its
linux, solaris etc) it'll be gr8!!!

and you have to do it yourself? i suppose nmap
can do whatever you want, and it comes with source,
so you can take a peek at how others do it.

http://www.insecure.org/nmap/nmap_download.html
(there is a windows version too)

greetings, grobbel (still looking for a windows-ipv6 group my server carries)