How do you most easily identify the host of an active IP address on your network with no record in DNS or WINS? Our first inclination would be to run a packet sniffer to look at what protocols are ...

How can I use Address Resolution Protocol (or something else) to detect if the IP address I was assigned is unique without causing all other hosts to update their cache and lose communication with the ...

Nmap is a tool that is commonly used by hackers to discover information about a target network. Network technicians also use Nmap to troubleshoot and document their network. The tool produces ...

Manage your network more efficiently with a framework for maintaining and auditing IP address assignment, DNS zone health monitoring and more. Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer ...