Yeah WINS will give MAC address, machine name, and IP but that's it as far as I can remember. SNMP is your friend in this situation but you'd have to roll it out onto the entire network. The evil way to do this is disable their username/password & wait for them to call IT ;) Allen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Deer" To: Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 10:01 AM Subject: RE: off topic - how do i find out what computer a user is at or [7:9343] > [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] > [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] > [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] > > I gave that a whirl but at no point seen username displayed. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:31 PM > To: Jerry Deer > Subject: Re: off topic - how do i find out what computer a user is at or > ip [7:9254] > > > When you go into WINS manager under administrative tools (provided it is > installed) you can sort by IP address, Machine name(which includes all > netbios session names, computer names and logins) this then shows what IP > address is assigned to that machine/user > > Dennis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Deer" > To: "'Dennis Olson'" > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:15 PM > Subject: RE: off topic - how do i find out what computer a user is at or ip > [7:9254] > > > > ? can you give me more specifics? > > thanks for your help! > > JD > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dennis Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 7:58 PM > > To: Jerry Deer; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: off topic - how do i find out what computer a user is at or > > ip [7:9254] > > > > > > If you are using a NT based network and hve wins implemented, you can use > > WINS manager. > > > > Dennis Olson > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jerry Deer" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 1:39 PM > > Subject: off topic - how do i find out what computer a user is at or ip > > [7:9254] > > > > > > > > If i know a username how can i find out what computer or ip address > they > > > > are at? > > > > Also if i know the ip address or computer name is there a way to find > > out > > > > what users have used that pc or are currently logged on (remotely of > > > > course) I have tried nbtstat -A in the past but it does not always > work. > > > > > > > > I know this is off topic but have seen some big brains around here im > > > > hoping can help! > > > > ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > JD Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=9408&t=9408 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]