[Gllug] IP address detection

[Benedikt Heinen]

> Bought a sparc 20 for a fiver on ebay (I know, I know, but it was just five
> quid and it would make a good web server, honest).
>
> Box is here, powers up, hub says the ethernet connection is there - but I have
> no monitor - so how do I detect what the IP address is so I can ssh or telnet
> my way into it?

Have you tried just running tcpdump on another box on the hub (during the 
sparc's boot) and see whether a new address appears?


Though, the fact that the hub says the connection is there, doesn't mean 
much on its own - usually, that light goes on the moment you power up the 
machine - before the port even gets configured...



   Benedikt

 	ABRUPT, adj.  Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a
 	cannon-shot and the departure of the soldier whose interests
 	are most affected by it.
 			(Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary)

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