ping question

[Claudio Clemens]

Hi,

2006-11-21, 23:14 +0500, Waqas Toor:
> Hi Linuxers,
> 
> may be its a simple question to post here,
> what is the difference between ping -b and arp ... both are for
> broadcasting over the network

duno, sorry.

> 2nd question is
> how can i retrieve the hostnames by broadcastring over the network
> my broadcast address is 192.168.1.225
> ???
> i need results in the form of
> hostname1
> hostname2
> hostname3
> so on
> any suggestions

host <ip> should give you a name for the ip.

There is possibly an option in ping, but I don't know it :-)

bye,

Claudio
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