I have some computers connected with each other through wireless LAN. I want to know if i install this software into the server then can i get to know that which computer is online and which one is offline in real- time or not. Please let me know..!! asked 01 Jun '11, 00:13  Avinash |
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This sounds more like a network monitoring task than a network analysis task. You might do something like that with simple ping scripts (if the computers have predictable IP addresses), or go for something more complex (and mostly not completely realtime) like Nagios/Icinga. Of course you can use Wireshark, too... capture on your wireless and filter on ARP packets. As long as a PC is turned on you'll see it ARPing every now and then, but if you don't see ARPs it might not mean the PC is turned off - it might just be quiet for a while. answered 01 Jun '11, 01:47  Jasper ♦♦ |
