[Gllug] unknown ip of netgear printer server

Ian Norton bredroll at darkspace.org.uk
Tue Oct 21 14:52:04 UTC 2003


Thanks folks,

All things that i am trying :-), (i didnt know you could use wildcards in nmap)

im going to search the three main private assignments to see what i get,
(10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x 172.xzxzxz)

:-)

On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 01:50:34PM +0100, Jason Lambert wrote:
> Normally these things have a "reset" pin, which
> restores everything back to factory default settings.
> You could try this, the default IP it resets to should
> be in the manual.
> 
> Alternativly.. There may be no "easy" way to do it,
> but this is one that would work with some effort:
> 1) Plug PC & printer into same hub.
> 2) Configure the PC for an 192.168.0.* IP
> 3) nmap -sP 192.168.0.*
> 4) Configure the PC for an 192.168.1.* IP
> 5) nmap -sP 192.168.0.*
> 
> That *should* find it if its not too obscure. You
> could try a few other ranges as well (or write a
> script to do it.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> 
>  --- Ian Norton <bredroll at darkspace.org.uk> wrote: >
> Hi everyone
> > 
> > we just recieved a netgear ps113 printer server from
> > ebay, it kind of seems
> > happy, it lights up, rx blinks when you push packets
> > at it over a crossover or
> > hub etc.
> > 
> > however,
> > 
> > it does seem, that either it is totally useless and
> > infact is dead, or that its
> > previous owner has set it's IP to some really
> > obscure one.
> > 
> > the unit has also had its identification sticker
> > removed :-/ (some idiots in
> > the world) which means we dont know the mac.
> > 
> > any ideas for finding its ip? or its mac?
> > 
> > Ian
> 
> 
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