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How can I determine if a certain machine exists on the network?

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How can I determine if a certain machine exists on the network? If I ping the IP address, would that be sufficient?

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No - a machine is not obliged to respond to a ping. To be certain, you need to ping from the local network the machine is on, then check for an arp response: If you see a mac address against the IP address, then the device exists. If not, then it is…

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