Re: bridge detection

[Aaron Berg <aaron () voyageurweb com>]

One way of detecting a router, switch, bridge etc is to count the ttl 
from one location to another and compare it to the number of hops you 
see. For instance say your going from a main router to an ISP main 
router. There may be many different devices in between. Do a ping and 
set the time to live to 1. If the ping makes it there and back then you 
know there is nothing in between. If not set the ttl to 2, 3, 4 etc 
until you get a return ping. There are a few applications out there that 
will do this for you. Look for tcp based ping utilities such as TCPping. 
If any of the information I have provided is slightly off feel free to 
correct me.

G.P.M wrote:

> hi,
>   I was wondering are there any programs which can detect switches/routers, based as well on linux.
>   The problem is that one company is setting up large LAN, with internet access, based on static ip/mac address, for 
> paying reasons. Many clients seperate their connection, often giving mac of the bridge not the PC.
>   i had many ideas about that, eg. checking the vendor for the mac, signal replays from the source.
> i worry also about 'clear' switches, non programmable ones.
>
>  Could please someone give me some advise?
>
> sorry for my bad english.
>
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Aaron Berg
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