© Philip Kirkbride 2020
P. KirkbrideBasic Linux Terminal Tips and Trickshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6035-7_7

7. Network Scanning

Philip Kirkbride1 
(1)
Montreal, QC, Canada
 
Often you’ll want to see what devices are on your local network, including the device IP addresses. This comes in handy in several situations including but not limited to
  • You want to get the IP address of your router.

  • You’ve arrived at a hotel and want to check the network for bugs or hidden devices, like a rogue Raspberry Pi which could have been left behind.

  • You want to see the IP addresses of other computers on the network to see if they have any insecurities.

  • General curiosity about what devices are on the network.

In this chapter, we’ll go over how you can detect what devices ...

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