Re: [1/2 OT] How to find the desktop near me?
On 30/06/12 19:51, Lisi wrote:
> 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.
>
Without being on the router, but being on the same network, nmap may help.
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