Re: wireless node is not reachable upon nmap scan

["V.Ravikumar" <ravikumar.vallabhu () gmail com>]

I've (MacFee )firewall on target host machine. When disable HIPS (Host
Intrusion Prevention System) on target machine. I did not see nay issue.


On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 4:53 PM, V.Ravikumar <ravikumar.vallabhu () gmail com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm using nmap tool for host discovery (along with os detection).
> When I did nmap scan on wireless network then all hots in that network
> become un reachable. Could you please some body help me what went wrong or
> Is there any limitation to use nmap tool for wireless hosts discovery.
>
> Below is the command format that used for host discovery.
>
> *nmap.exe  -v  -O  --osscan-guess  IP (or range of IPS)*
>
> I've two hots on my wireless network 192.168.43.89 and 192.168.43.243.
> I ran nmap scan from 192.168.43.243 to discover 192.168.43.89.
>
> *nmap.exe  -v  -O  --osscan-guess 192.168.43.89*
>
> Before running above command , 192.168.43.89 is reachable. This host
> becomes unreachable after  nmap scan to this host.
> Even nmap is failing to reach the host. See below output
>
> Starting Nmap 6.25 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-05-03 15:34 India Standard
> Time
> Initiating ARP Ping Scan at 15:34
> Scanning 192.168.43.89 [1 port]
> Completed ARP Ping Scan at 15:34, 0.42s elapsed (1 total hosts)
> Initiating Parallel DNS resolution of 1 host. at 15:34
> Completed Parallel DNS resolution of 1 host. at 15:34, 11.01s elapsed
> Initiating FIN Scan at 15:34
> Scanning <hostname> (192.168.43.89) [1000 ports]
> Increasing send delay for 192.168.43.89 from 0 to 5 due to 19 out of 62
> dropped
> probes since last increase.
> FIN Scan Timing: About 23.70% done; ETC: 15:36 (0:01:40 remaining)
> Increasing send delay for 192.168.43.89 from 5 to 10 due to 11 out of 11
> dropped
>  probes since last increase.
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards,
> Ravi
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