Re: NMAP CIDR Subnet Scan?

[Srikanth Dabbiru <srikanthdab () gmail com>]

Are you saying that in WakeOnLan, even if you specify a single subnet, it
scans *all* the subnets on your network ? 

NMAP has something called 'Target Specification' where you could input a
file, might want to try that.

Regards,
Srikanth.


mgrant1 wrote:
> This concerns the NMAP -sP functionality.
>
> The Macintosh (ducks) program WakeOnLan is capable of scanning a subnet
> and 
> returning all addresses: private 10 addresses, 169 autoconfigured
> machines, 
> everything, all in one list.
>
> For example: At the University of Rhode Island, the configuration is 
> 131.128.subnet.X and WakeOnLan shows 131.128, 169.254, and 10 (private) 
> addresses.
>
> With NMAP, if I scan 131.128.subnet.0/24, I can see only 131.128
> addresses. If 
> I scan 10.1.subnet.0/24, I can see only 10 addresses. If I have to specify 
> what I'm scanning, I'm obviously going to miss something I haven't looked
> for.
>
> On the other hand, if I scan *.*.subnet.* or *.*.subnet.0/24 I get a slew
> of 
> errors. Is there a better way to go about this, to scan a subnet with NMAP
> and 
> return everything on it?
>
> Thanks.

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