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acymlf
12-20-2001, 04:43 AM
how do I find out the IP address for about 100 PCs on a network without going to each PC and typing "ipconfig"

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BertImmenschuh
12-20-2001, 05:45 AM
On my peer-tp-peer, WinXP Pro & 2 Win98, I simply went to a command prompt and typed: ping (computer name here) and it gave me the IP.

e.g ping valley
ping plains

So if you know the computer/s name/s, it should work.
POBrien
12-20-2001, 06:43 AM
Im thinking you could run a bat command in the users login script. something like...

ipconfig /all &gt; \\server\profiles\%username%\ip.txt

you could get the workstation name too

%workstation% &gt; \\server\profiles\%username%\station.txt

The above %% variables are for NT and up. The command results are redirected &gt; to the newly created txt files.

drawbacks...

you would have to go through each users "txt files" to record the results. (It's less maintenance as opposed too visiting 100 PC's).

I know there's got to be a better way.
husker78
12-30-2001, 02:10 AM
There are a lot of utilities out there that you can buy. Personally I use one from Fluke called Network inspector that is particularly useful.
g707
12-30-2001, 05:12 AM
Here's a nice free tool:
http://www.gfisoftware.com/languard/lanscan.htm

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ABreese
01-17-2002, 05:51 PM
To add to the login script idea, you can ceate a new share and end the share name with $ (ie \\server\ipaddresses$) and in the login script use a redirector to append to the file
(ipconfig /all &gt;&gt; \\server\ipaddresses$\ip.txt )
ABreese
03-14-2002, 06:50 PM
The easiest way is to use a ping sweeper. I believe solar winds has a good one. You type in the subnet and it pings all of the ipaddresses in that range and gives you a list of available and taken IP's
Jujutsuka
03-14-2002, 09:42 PM
If you go to www.ipswitch.com, you can download a 30 day trial version of their Ping ProPack. It has a Scan capability that will give you all IP address within the subnet you define, and can resolve the names, too.

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