[Gllug] IP address detection

Robert Crowther robertc at boogdesign.com
Mon Nov 15 20:17:19 UTC 2004


Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> 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?
>
If the network interface is up there's probably some sort of broadcast 
going on, the hub will presumeably be repeating that to you even if your 
netowrk interface is ignoring it, you may pick that up with ethereal or 
similar?

Rob
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