[Samba] how to check IP addresses of machines in the network?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Daniel Wilson wrote:
> try the tool that comes with samba (findsmb)?!

well, it doesn't work for me or I use it in a wrong way:



# smbclient -L serwer
(...)
         Server               Comment
         ---------            -------
         PIOTRO
         SERWER

So 2 machines. Now I run findsmb:

# findsmb

IP ADDR         NETBIOS NAME   WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION
---------------------------------------------------------------------
192.168.1.1            SERWER       *[FRYSZTACKA] [Unix] [Samba 2.2.8a]

So one name and IP only.


Now I add broadcast, and still one host only.

# findsmb 192.168.1.255

IP ADDR         NETBIOS NAME   WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION -B 192.168.1.255
---------------------------------------------------------------------
192.168.1.1            SERWER       *[FRYSZTACKA] [Unix] [Samba 2.2.8a]


The second host is reachable, I can ping it and do smbclient -L PIOTRO.


Tomek