Hi, is there any network discovery tools available? open source ones.
and how do we know the ipaddress of a switch?
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Hi, is there any network discovery tools available? open source ones.
and how do we know the ipaddress of a switch?
Hey,
If your looking for tools to scan a network you could try to search this forum first .... there's alot of info about tools alone to find here , for example here --> Tools
Also to find a ip-address of a switch ... I think you should give us some more details about that ... what's the purpose of finding this IP-address ...what are you planning to do if you find this IP-address...
Anyway I think if you search trough the tutorials on this website I think you could find a lot of interesting info you could use. You can find tutorials about networking here .
For all other info I judgest this site
This is not to be a jerk or anything but these questions you ask have been asked many times so I judgest you search a bit and ask a question if you realy can't find anything and maybe give some more details regarding your question/problem.
Kind regards,
C.
hmm if u wanna know more about networks.. go to the site i use to go to a lot when i did my network researches.
www.firewall.cx
http://cheops-ng.sourceforge.net/Quote:
Cheops-ng is a Network management tool for mapping and monitoring your network. It has host/network discovery functionality as well as OS detection of hosts. Cheops-ng has the ability to probe hosts to see what services they are running. On some services, cheops-ng is actually able to see what program is running for a service and the version number of that program. Take a look at the screenshots page for a detailed look at some of the features of cheops-ng.
what i wanna have is a tools to discover the network rather then tracing traffic and cables.. scenerios like when a vendor like us goes into a company to maintenance their IS... we have to have some ways to familiarise our with the network and system setup. so i was thinking is there any tools available online and i do not wanna pay..Quote:
Originally posted here by Cemetric
Hey,
If your looking for tools to scan a network you could try to search this forum first .... there's alot of info about tools alone to find here , for example here --> Tools
Also to find a ip-address of a switch ... I think you should give us some more details about that ... what's the purpose of finding this IP-address ...what are you planning to do if you find this IP-address...
Anyway I think if you search trough the tutorials on this website I think you could find a lot of interesting info you could use. You can find tutorials about networking here .
For all other info I judgest this site
This is not to be a jerk or anything but these questions you ask have been asked many times so I judgest you search a bit and ask a question if you realy can't find anything and maybe give some more details regarding your question/problem.
Kind regards,
C.
If you are a vendor, have some resources and don't want to waste a lot of time, you should seriously consider some of the FLUKE tools available. the advantage is that you can capture the information you need in a relatively short amount of time.
The free stuff can be good, also, but it can take a bit more time and effort to get what you are looking for. If it is billable time, the professional tools are worth having.
The fluke nettools are amazing little devices, but they are also really really expensive. You are probably better off with a software solution.
If you're looking for a nice tool that would map a network and visualizes it on screen in a fashion easy to follow and it has to be free you'll have to search pretty well to find something good ...It might be out there and probably is for all I know...Quote:
what i wanna have is a tools to discover the network rather then tracing traffic and cables.. scenerios like when a vendor like us goes into a company to maintenance their IS... we have to have some ways to familiarise our with the network and system setup. so i was thinking is there any tools available online and i do not wanna pay..
But still , I think what your looking for (if I'm not mistaking) is something like LANsurveyor .
I believe there's even a trial available so you can give it a go and deside if it's what your looking for.Quote:
LANsurveyor generates network maps using several different methods (including ICMP/ping, NetBIOS, SNMP, and SIP) and generates Visio-formatted files.
If it is something like this your looking for you might have a hard time finding something remotely good and freeware ... maybe in the Linux environment ... anybody knows this software exists for Linux ?? Or you might try google again .
Gr33tz,
C.
The closest tool I've seen is Cheops-NG. Just wish it would still be maintained.
While I think a manual map is the best practice when you are in a new env, I have used
Networkview in the past for quick info running a Windows client...
networkview
It's not free but has a few useful features.
Also not free but a great discovery tool to help with License compliance is
LOGInventory
I used to use some of the Fluke Network Monitoring software solutions when I was in school.. Pretty cool package, basically scans the network and tells you whats connected, what type of device and fun stuff like that. However unfortunatly I cannot remember the name of the tool only that Fluke was the people who created it. Down side was it caused hella amount of traffic on the network so we could only use it in test enviornments as the network admins would scream if we used it on the real thing.
Sorry if this is usless.
Browse here for some available (free/opensource/commercial) tools: www.snmplink.org .
For opensource options, I recommend OpenNMS (for Linux) or NINO (for Windows).
Peace always,
<jdenny>
Have you heard of 3Com Network Supervisor?
If you go to 3com site and look for Network Management Software I believe it is then the first link.