Re: Network Discovery & Asset Management Tools

[brennan stewart <brennan () ideahamster org>]

Free is better. script the following.

at specified intervals
nmap network
compare results of scan to approved host list
if a new host has appeared, launch version scan of that host
move results of the scan with the timestamp to a webserver, adding a
link to the scan and a message if new hosts appeared
Change the meta tag to refresh regularly, like 1x per minute.
During the day, browse to your site https://newhostfinder.mycompany.net

You could tweak the following an infinite number of ways, use different
tools, etc. Stay with open source though.

-b

On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 04:18, arif.jatmoko () sea ccamatil com wrote:
> Hi,
> Seems you need OS guessing tool which can detect OS / device type running
> on remote machines. If so, there are lot of tools available to do this
> wheter GUI or text based. You can try www.gfi.com a M$ Windows GUI based
> tool, it's nice tool.
>
> Or try to google search using keyword "OS guessing".
>
> Arif Jatmoko

> Hello Group,
>   I was wondering what tools are being used to discover new devices (PC's,
> printers, & tablets) as they are being plugged into the network. Having a
> class "B" network we have different routers, and switches through-out. What
> is the best way to find and discovery devices plugging in to the network?
>   Going hand-in-hand with that is a question of Asset management tools. We
> have multiple O/S's in the network, so it must be able to determine what is
> what, and have it entered automatically/manually into the app or db.
>   Now what would be really Great is a tool that can take the info from the
> "Network Discovery Tool" and add it to the Asset Management tool".
>   What applications work/not work and what experiences does everyone have?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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