On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 01:31:46AM -0400, Doug wrote: > On 07/17/2013 12:53 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > > On 2013-07-17 07:48, David Guntner wrote: > >> Doug grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > >>> On 07/17/2013 12:26 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > >>>> is there any utility to change IP via command line, actually i am > >>>> looking for a utility same as the one which we using during installation > >>>> of debian. it actually find and display all the brand names of Ethernet > >>>> controllers and Ethernet port assignments. can i call the same utility > >>>> via normal console or is there any different one which i can use on debian. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>> Anybody know? > >> man ifconfig > > > > it's now iproute2: ip addr xxx vvv > > > > -- > > RMA. > > > I didn't find iproute2, but doing man ifconfig brings up a message > that this is obsolete, and to see ip addr and ip link. > > Looking at the man pages for either of these shows each to be 1000 lines > or more, and, while I tried a batch of suggested commands, I > obviously don't understand what's going on. In no case did I get > anything useful. > > What I'd really like to see is something like this: > > 192.168.1.100 HPLaserJet 2200dn > 192.168.1.101 Epson WP4530 > 192.168.1.104 TV Blu-ray player Try "ip neigh". Theis will show your "neigh"bours on the network. That is, hosts for whom you have ARP or NDISC cache entries. You'll get an entry like: 192.168.2.36 dev eth0.1 lladdr xx:xx:xx:30:65:6c REACHABLE You can then lookup the manufacturer of that network device (the xx:xx:xx portion) to give a clue as to what the device is.
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