Messing around with my network on Linux (looking for noob stuff, not complicated networking things that make my brain cry)

[Billy Crook]

You want fun?  You should see vi.  It will make you cry.

I won't harp on you this time, but usually, its considered rude to ask
for help on hardware without providing information that would be
easily availiable, like a model number.  I use a Netgear FVS318v2, and
on my router, It's three steps after I log in to it.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/573/netgearreleaserenewws9.png

Yeah, nmap is "a software" worth checking out.  Even more fun would be
to scan your local subnet in RR for web servers to see what your
neighbors computers are hosting.

nmap -p80 127.69.76.168/20

That would search your local subnet in roadrunner for webservers.  I
got /20 from the 255.255.240.0 subnet, and that IP address is the one
the netgear gave as the public.  Try it on your own.

On 10/20/07, feba thatl <febaen at gmail.com> wrote:
> First of all, today, I had a comcast tech come by. He was incredibly
> unsuited to working with computers (he had to hunt and peck to type...), so
> unsurprisingly he had absolutely no idea what Linux was. He radioed for
> help, and the response was "uh.. linux is like... a software". Luckily, my
> mom's work box runs XP, but I'd like to be somewhat more informed in the
> future, plus have some fun.
>
> I googled for an equivalent of ipconfig /release and /renew, and got
> ifconfig up/down <device>, but it sounded like this was for that device, and
> that I had to do something else for the router. So my question is, how would
> I do this for the router? (Netgear, not in the mood to check the model right
> now so just let me know if you need that info)
>
> I've also been screwing around with ping and found a couple computers on my
> network where I'm unsure of what they are. One, is there a way to tell all
> of the devices on my local network? The "Attached Devices" page on my router
> doesn't show anything-- not even my
> physically-connected-to-the-damn-thing-by-a-cable computer.
> Two, is there a way to tell what a device is with it's IP address? Like have
> it report some information about itself?
>
> I'm running (a bastardized) Ubuntu 7.04, if that matters. I'd also be
> interested in any other fun easy-to-do LAN things. I'm easily amused, I
> still get giddy whenever I ssh to my main box from a laptop and open a text
> file in nano, so there has to be other fun things to do...
>
>
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