Finding devices with dynamic IP addresses

[Eric Nuckols]

>From: "Edward Jubenville" <edjubenville at adelphia.net>
>I hope this isn't off topic here...
>
>My network will contain several ELDK-based devices configured with dynamic
>IP addresses (DHCP).  I need a way for any Windows PC on the subnet to
>locate the devices without prior knowledge of their IP address.  I'm hoping
>to find a peer-to-peer
>solution that doesn't involve a third party (DNS) server.


not sure if you can do a broadcast ping and look at the arp info on 
windows..but if I were to do this in linux, I'd do something like the 
following

ping -b 255.255.255.255

CTRL-C after a few seconds

then

arp

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