Get active machines
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We need a little more info than this... Define "active"? Is it a machine that is connected to the network and turned on, but not doing anything? Or is it a machine that is "actively" communicating and then not "active" when it is not communicating? Is it a member of an Active Directory or Novell Directory? What kind of information are you looking to gather from these "active" machines? RageInTheMachine9532
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We need a little more info than this... Define "active"? Is it a machine that is connected to the network and turned on, but not doing anything? Or is it a machine that is "actively" communicating and then not "active" when it is not communicating? Is it a member of an Active Directory or Novell Directory? What kind of information are you looking to gather from these "active" machines? RageInTheMachine9532
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Active machines according to me are those of the 2nd type. It would be good if u could get the machines in the active directory also.
Then you really can't do that. You would have to write an app that can capture all the packets that come by the machine it is running on. This would only work on Ethernet segments that are running on hubs. Switches will prevent you from seeing all the packets, which is what most corporate networks are going to be built with. RageInTheMachine9532