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Re: LAN scan

Newsgroups comp.programming
Date 2013-02-14 07:36 -0800
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Subject Re: LAN scan
From bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com>

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On Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:15:14 AM UTC-6, Ike Naar wrote:
> On 2013-02-13, bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know how to scan a local network to get all the computer names on it?
> 
> >
> 
> > Basically, in Windows, in the File Explorer, there's a list called
> 
> > Network that has all the computer names of PCs on your network.
> 
> > I want to know how to get that list from my own program.  
> 
> 
> 
> ping to the broadcast address; then run arp -a



I tried pinging 255.255.255.255, but only maybe 8 machines respond out of like 50 on the network?

Do you know why?

Thanks.

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LAN scan bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2013-02-13 13:17 -0800
  Re: LAN scan Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2013-02-14 06:15 +0000
    Re: LAN scan bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2013-02-14 07:36 -0800
      Re: LAN scan Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2013-02-14 23:09 +0000
        Re: LAN scan bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2013-02-15 06:56 -0800

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