Finding local network connections

[Peter Boosten]

On 22-9-2014 12:15, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I looked through ifconfig and netstat with various parameters and combinations, but haven't found how to find what is connected to the local network, such as other computers, network-connected printers or NAS.
>
> I can find this information by logging in to wireless router, but there ought to be something I'm missing available through netstat or related program, in base system, or maybe somewhere in ports.
>
> Tom
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Netstat will only should info about machines connected to the machine 
you're running netstat from.

You could ping your subnet, and immediately after it perform a 'arp -a', 
to show mac-addresses.

Nmap (ports) lets you perform a network scan (including guessed OS-info).

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