Looking for a network tool

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Uberwilhelm
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Looking for a network tool

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Hi all.

I am looking for something that I can use to sniff my network and show me everything that is attached. I have been googling but can't really seem to come up with what I am looking for. Any suggestions?
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Spiceworks is one popular free one...although sluggish.

The Dude is another good one, free.

Network Magic another.
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Post by Uberwilhelm »

Outstanding. Many thanks. I tried Spiceworks and it seemed to work ok, but did not accomplish the goal I was after. I have three wireless APs that I can't find the docs for and have no idea what their IPs are. So I was hoping this would find them. Nope. LOL I confirmed they are active and working but still nothing. Any other suggestions other than going and resetting them?
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how is the unknown AP connected to your sniffing PC?
crossovercable?
hub?
switch? - has to manageble to enable mirrorport!

have you tried packetyzer?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/packetyzer/
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