Hi, You could try ARP requests for broadcast addresses (IP and Ethernet) and see what happens. Some devices might pipe up.
Jim On 17 September 2011 17:40, Brett <[email protected]> wrote: > It does have an ethernet port. The device reads a human generated config file > that sets it's ip and Mac address. Sometimes the file gets fat fingered and > the Mac or ip or both can get messed up. I have thought about hooking up > tcpdump or wireshark but I wasn't sure if there was a "hey what are you" > request that I didn't know about. I could spam arp requests and see if I get > a hit but depending on how fat they fingered the file it could take longer > then just ripping apart the device to get to the console port. Luckily the > new ones have the console port accessible from the outside. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 17, 2011, at 9:15, Jim Halfpenny <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> Do these devices have an Ethernet port? I would connect it to another >> machine directly and sniff what happens when it is powered on. Does it >> request a DHCP address? Is there any ARP traffic which betrays the >> network configuration? >> >> Regards, >> Jim >> >> On 16 September 2011 21:29, Brett <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have a friend who has an interesting problem. He has some old "radio" >>> devices that have their console port buried in it's case. He would like to >>> know if there was a way to probe the network card (made in house) which is >>> externally accessible, to get it's Mac, or more helpfully, it's ip? >>> >>> Thanks for any help >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
