Re: How get all active IP addresses...

George wrote:
Hello,

For home networks (like Linksys), my understanding is the router usually automatically sets IP addresses (internal network, I assume, and I think it's called DHCP), and they generally (unless changed) have default addresses format of 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.150.

Is there a way/command/process to identify ALL active IP addresses, like
192.168.1.100 is PC#1
192.168.1.101 is PC#2
192.168.1.102 is PC#3
192.168.1.104 is Print Server,
Etc.

I recently set up something, and because I changed it to "Auto-DHCP" instead of "fixed-default-
192.168.1.240...
it just "set" a new IP, and never told what it was... I had to step thru a few and "chance" upon the new device, to get its auto-selected IP. Surely, there's a better way.

Thanks,
George



Even though Linksys entry level routers don't provide for IP reservation, they do allow you to see what IP addresses the router's DHCP server has allocated to which clients. Enter the router's configuration utility and go to Status > Local Network and click on the "DHCP Clients" button. You'll see a list of the allocated IP addresses corresponding to client host names and MAC addresses.

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