Introduction
Nowadays, we have more and more device connected inside our house. On Linux OS there an easy command to list them all. It is named arp-scan. If you have Ubuntu, to install it, simply execute the following command :
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sudo apt-get install arp-scan |
Usage
If your machine is connected by wire :
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sudo arp-scan --interface=eth0 --localnet |
If your machine is connected by wifi :
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sudo arp-scan --interface=wlan0 --localnet |
Possible errors
you might not have eth0 or wlan0 defined and having the “ioctl: No such device” message. To find your network device :
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/sbin/ifconfig |
Names are listed on the left side . “lo” is not to be used as it is the local host, mainly used for test purpose.
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