Never mind. autoscan is a gui wrapper for nmap and ping... And not really as good as the existing ones (zenmap, xnmap nmapfe) found in the repositories as nmap-frontend.
What autoscan does is to have a set of IP ranges and performs nmap scans of them. No magic' just brute force wrapped in cotton candy. Dumb me. I though there was something to learn here. As the man said, write a script to wrap nmap and it will do what autoscan does for you forever and ever and you never need worry that autoscan is going away. On 08/02/2016 09:56 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 08/01/2016 06:24 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >> On 31 July 2016 at 23:31, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: >>> On 07/30/2016 11:36 PM, Jon Brinkmann wrote: >>>> Does 'nmap -sX <address-range>' fit the bill, e.g. >>>> 'nmap -sX 192.168.1.1-255'? >>> >>> Only one the one network (192.168.1.0/25 in your example). >>> >>> I want EVERYTHING on the network >>> >> Todd, >> >> 1) You asked for help and you are acting like a child demanding more >> candy when you didn't get the flavor you wanted. > > Hi Stephen, > > I am trying to find a replacement for an important tool I use > on a frequent basis. I have been very clear about what > I am after. > > If you do not understand what I am after, please just ask me instead > of insulting me. > >> 2) nmap is a very complicated swiss army knife tool. There are >> hundreds of things it can do but you need to take some time to figure >> them out and get what you want. Expecting that you will get the answer >> handed to you is being unreasonable. >> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=nmap+tutorial > > I use nmap ALL THE TIME. If you know the "network" involved, it > is an awesome tool. But, if you are looking for stray or misconfigured > devices with a different network on the same interface, they will be > dark to nmap. In this scenario, the only tool I have found that > can do this is Autoscan. > >> 3) what you are wanting is actually a multi step process. First you >> need to see what mac addresses are on the network which usually only a >> smart switch can tell you. > > Autoscan does. But for how much longer ... > >> You can sort of get the data with a >> mac-ping but it isn't guarenteed to work. After you get all the mac >> addresses on the network then you can work out what ip addresses or >> hardware those mac addresses think they are. Again easier with a smart >> switch. > > Hopefully, I do not have to go that route. This can be done from software, > as Autoscan demonstrates. > > I may have to keep a copy of SL7.2 and FC23 around for years just to > run Autoscan. Oh well, what is a one more flash drive to add to the pile > I already have. > > Tip: keep a dd copy of your flash drive. Windows machines tend to eat them. > > "mac-ping". That sounds interesting. > > I should put Autoscan on Wireshark and find out exactly what it does. > > Thank you for helping me with this, except for the insults > > -T >