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6 Dec 2006 10:40 PM
A
Hello,

I'm wondering if there is anyway for me to obtain information about the
hardware attached to an IP that my router is broadcasting.

The situation is this...

I have a VOIP adapter plugged into a 4 port router, so it gets its own IP
address.

The company has given me the approprite ports to forward to the router,
which I have done in my router settings.

The only way to access the VOIP settings, is by hooking a laptop upto it
and connection the same way I connect to my router (IE address
192.168.10.1 >> username >> password).

I need to know that I have the right IP address for the ports I forwarded
to the VOIP hardware, but I don't have a laptop to connect to it and I
don't want to have to move this connection over and move it back.  I
tried PINGing it and got a reply, but it really doesn't give me any info
about what's on the other side.  I have a wireless router, so there's
always potential the address is connected, but being used by someone
else.

I guess another solution for me would be to determine exactly what local
addresses are in use and just narrow it down (ie. one unknown would tell
me that's it; I can confirm all the others).

Any suggestions or is my lazy ass gonna have to move some cabels around?

A

Author
7 Dec 2006 1:38 AM
Malke
A wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering if there is anyway for me to obtain information about
> the hardware attached to an IP that my router is broadcasting.
>
> The situation is this...
>
> I have a VOIP adapter plugged into a 4 port router, so it gets its own
> IP address.
>
> The company has given me the approprite ports to forward to the
> router, which I have done in my router settings.
>
> The only way to access the VOIP settings, is by hooking a laptop upto
> it and connection the same way I connect to my router (IE address
> 192.168.10.1 >> username >> password).
>
> I need to know that I have the right IP address for the ports I
> forwarded to the VOIP hardware, but I don't have a laptop to connect
> to it and I
> don't want to have to move this connection over and move it back.  I
> tried PINGing it and got a reply, but it really doesn't give me any
> info
> about what's on the other side.  I have a wireless router, so there's
> always potential the address is connected, but being used by someone
> else.

Look in your router's configuration settings for a DHCP client table. On
my Linksys, it is under Status>Local Network>DHCP Client Table. When I
click that link, it shows all the computers, their names, their IP
addresses, and their MAC addresses.

Malke
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Author
7 Dec 2006 5:43 AM
A
Malke <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in news:u3rE3BaGHHA.3328
@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

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> A wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm wondering if there is anyway for me to obtain information about
>> the hardware attached to an IP that my router is broadcasting.
>>
>> The situation is this...
>>
>> I have a VOIP adapter plugged into a 4 port router, so it gets its own
>> IP address.
>>
>> The company has given me the approprite ports to forward to the
>> router, which I have done in my router settings.
>>
>> The only way to access the VOIP settings, is by hooking a laptop upto
>> it and connection the same way I connect to my router (IE address
>> 192.168.10.1 >> username >> password).
>>
>> I need to know that I have the right IP address for the ports I
>> forwarded to the VOIP hardware, but I don't have a laptop to connect
>> to it and I
>> don't want to have to move this connection over and move it back.  I
>> tried PINGing it and got a reply, but it really doesn't give me any
>> info
>> about what's on the other side.  I have a wireless router, so there's
>> always potential the address is connected, but being used by someone
>> else.
>
> Look in your router's configuration settings for a DHCP client table.
On
> my Linksys, it is under Status>Local Network>DHCP Client Table. When I
> click that link, it shows all the computers, their names, their IP
> addresses, and their MAC addresses.
>
> Malke

nice one; just what I was looking for.
Author
7 Dec 2006 1:13 PM
Malke
A wrote:

> nice one; just what I was looking for.

Glad it helped.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User