SOLVED: How to list all devices on the Windows or Linux home network

Feb 22, 2016 2 Replies


It seems that there are versions of the Fing app available for desktop


> operating systems too . The 'Fing for
> Linux' option lists
>
> RPM 64 Bit or 32 Bit
> DEB 64 Bit or 32 Bit
> TGZ 64 Bit or 32 Bit
>
> there may already be a 'build' of the tarball for your distro (possibly
> in the 'testing' or 'user-contributed' or other 'unofficial'
> repositories).

Thanks Whiskers for figuring out how to finally list all the devices on the network from the desktop/laptop computer.

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This worked: $ wget "

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" $ mv "download?plat=lx64&ext=deb" fing_lx64.deb $ sudo dpkg -i ./fing_lx64.deb $ sudo fing -n 192.168.1.0/24 -r 1


Here is the result on the unrooted mobile phone:

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Here is the result on the desktop/laptop:



--------------------------------------------------------------- | State | Host | MAC Address | Last change | |-------------------------------------------------------------| | UP | 192.168.1.1 | 84:1B:5E:CC:A3:FF | | | UP | 192.168.1.2 | 5C:0A:5B:C4:22:51 | | | UP | 192.168.1.3 | 00:18:61:00:A4:CE | | | UP | 192.168.1.4 | 00:1F:3B:AA:D0:4A | | | UP | 192.168.1.5 | 40:B0:FA:88:33:A1 | | | UP | 192.168.1.8 | 40:B0:FA:88:33:A1 | | | UP | 192.168.1.9 | F8:D0:AC:DD:5A:FF | | | UP | 192.168.1.10 | 00:14:22:FF:56:31 | | | UP | 192.168.1.11 | 00:80:05:AA:43:55 | | | UP | 192.168.1.116 | 00:10:83:00:8A:FF | | | UP | 192.168.1.200 | 00:16:B6:53:66:91 | |



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These failed to report *all* devices (hence they're useless): $ sudo netdiscover -i wlan0 -r 192.168.1.0/24 $ sudo arp-scan --interface=wlan0 --localnet



Now we finally have a way to list *all* the devices on the network!


Of course it is also a closed source program, as far as I can see, so for all we know, it reports all those devices back "home"

So start 'etherape' or some other packet sniffer before running fing.

-- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~

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