Never mind. 

autoscan is a gui wrapper for nmap and ping... And not really as good as the existing ones (zenmap, xnmap nmapfe) found in the repositories as nmap-frontend.

What autoscan does is to have a set of IP ranges and performs nmap scans of them.  No magic'  just brute force wrapped in cotton candy.

Dumb me.  I though there was something to learn here.

As the man said, write a script to wrap nmap and it will do what autoscan does for you forever and ever and you never need worry that autoscan is going away.



On 08/02/2016 09:56 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 08/01/2016 06:24 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
>> On 31 July 2016 at 23:31, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> On 07/30/2016 11:36 PM, Jon Brinkmann wrote:
>>>> Does 'nmap -sX <address-range>' fit the bill, e.g.
>>>> 'nmap -sX 192.168.1.1-255'?
>>>
>>> Only one the one network (192.168.1.0/25 in your  example).
>>>
>>> I want EVERYTHING on the network
>>>
>> Todd,
>>
>> 1) You asked for help and you are acting like a child demanding more
>> candy when you didn't get the flavor you wanted.
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> I am trying to find a replacement for an important tool I use
> on a frequent basis.   I have been very clear about what
> I am after.
>
> If you do not understand what I am after, please just ask me instead
> of insulting me.
>
>> 2) nmap is a very complicated swiss army knife tool. There are
>> hundreds of things it can do but you need to take some time to figure
>> them out and get what you want. Expecting that you will get the answer
>> handed to you is being unreasonable.
>> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=nmap+tutorial
>
> I use nmap ALL THE TIME.  If you know the "network" involved, it
> is an awesome tool.  But, if you are looking for stray or misconfigured
> devices with a different network on the same interface, they will be
> dark to nmap.  In this scenario, the only tool I have found that
> can do this is Autoscan.
>
>> 3) what you are wanting is actually a multi step process. First you
>> need to see what mac addresses are on the network which usually only a
>> smart switch can tell you.
>
> Autoscan does.  But for how much longer ...
>
>> You can sort of get the data with a
>> mac-ping but it isn't guarenteed to work. After you get all the mac
>> addresses on the network then you can work out what ip addresses or
>> hardware those mac addresses think they are. Again easier with a smart
>> switch.
>
> Hopefully, I do not have to go that route.  This can be done from software,
> as Autoscan demonstrates.
>
> I may have to keep a copy of SL7.2 and FC23 around for years just to
> run Autoscan.  Oh well, what is a one more flash drive to add to the pile
> I already have.
>
> Tip: keep a dd copy of your flash drive.  Windows machines tend to eat them.
>
> "mac-ping".  That sounds interesting.
>
> I should put Autoscan on Wireshark and find out exactly what it does.
>
> Thank you for helping me with this, except for the insults
>
> -T
>