Re: [1/2 OT] How to find the desktop near me?
On Saturday 30 June 2012 17:27:52 Johan Grönqvist wrote:
>
> > I used to login desktop first and then ssh from laptop,
> >
> > Now since not be able to log in, how can I find its ip ? so I can
> > connect from laptop.
> > or
> > shall I just find other monitor and connect?
>
> That seems to be the simplest solution, if you have a working monitor.
>
> So you have a working computer, but without monitor, and you want to
> know its IP-address? I assume your laptop is connected to the same
> router as the monitorless computer.
>
> I would have two suggestions.
>
> 1) Log into the router, and see what IP-addresses have been given out
> recently, and try connecting to them.
I did exactly this the other day, when faced with logging into another
computer to which I had not at that moment got physical access. It was easy,
and worked fine.
It probably helped that I knew what was where on my router.
Lisi
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