[ubuntu-uk] Find a Router's IP address

[Alan Bell]

  On 19/10/10 16:54, Cornelius Mostert wrote:
> Hi
> The scenario is as follow:
> 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a Lan
> 2. You do NOT have any documentation from the previous Admin
> 3. You find a router / WiFi Router that is in use and therefore you 
> can NOT reset it
> 4. This router is a "home" / consumer router like Netgear, Linksys, 
> etc. So not an enterprise router
> 5. You need to brows to the routers config web page to make some 
> changes (you assume the default admin and password for the router) BUT 
> you do NOT know the IP address
> 6. You know the router is NOT a DHCP server
>
> Now the question is HOW do you find the IP address of the router ???
>
> thanx
use nmap to scan the subnet and report on what it finds, You will 
probably recognise the manufacturer from the list of network cards it sees.

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