Thanks for the reply but the bad thing is there was no internet connection, the connection was supposed to be through the bridge but I accidently set up the bridge to generate a dynamic IP. A technician downloaded a windows "ip finder" - I don't know its name. What I was wondering was if there was a Linux program like ethereal, ethtool or ip that could "sniff" on a particular ethernet link for available IP addresses.
Please excuse my ignorance.
Thats a great tip!
I don't know much about the bridge, it has a web interface with the the option of dynamic or statis IP among other things.
Won't it be a good subject for a blog - "Linux one Liners"
Like: how to find a string in a php file and write the results to a
file.
%find /start_dir -name '*.php' -print | xargs grep 'text to find' /dev/null > file.results
I suspect that all possible information is available if one looks in the right place but it could be usefull if there were collections of usefull tips and howtos based maybe on experience, inclination and usage level.
I think it's a great idea. I had a blog written for perl one liners. Please feel free to start a blog named "Linux One Liners", and we could keep adding to it.
Yes, you can find information if one looks in the right place and very often... I blog it, or link to the items in case I need to refer to it in the future.
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If you already have an internet connection, reach out to:
whatismyip.com
Thanks for the reply but the bad thing is there was no internet connection, the connection was supposed to be through the bridge but I accidently set up the bridge to generate a dynamic IP. A technician downloaded a windows "ip finder" - I don't know its name. What I was wondering was if there was a Linux program like ethereal, ethtool or ip that could "sniff" on a particular ethernet link for available IP addresses.
Please excuse my ignorance.
What kind of bridge do you have... specs? Does it have an internal DHCP Server and is it set up via a web interface?
Try:
Scans network for IP addresses 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.0.255 using ping.
Also check out some network monitoring tools at yolinux.com which may be of some help.
Thats a great tip!
I don't know much about the bridge, it has a web interface with the the option of dynamic or statis IP among other things.
Won't it be a good subject for a blog - "Linux one Liners"
Like: how to find a string in a php file and write the results to a
file.
%find /start_dir -name '*.php' -print | xargs grep 'text to find' /dev/null > file.results
I suspect that all possible information is available if one looks in the right place but it could be usefull if there were collections of usefull tips and howtos based maybe on experience, inclination and usage level.
I think it's a great idea. I had a blog written for perl one liners. Please feel free to start a blog named "Linux One Liners", and we could keep adding to it.
Yes, you can find information if one looks in the right place and very often... I blog it, or link to the items in case I need to refer to it in the future.
Cheers!