What is network?

[FFCFoo]

I have a router and I want to no wtf is my network. How do I figure out who is on my network? I have 3 computers in my house plugged into 1 router. Is that how I no the computers are on my network. Does everybody on my router on my network?

 

[shenry]

Yes everyone connected to your router is on your network.

Those three computers that you mentioned are in your LAN. Which stands for local area network. Everyone outside, like for example everyone on the internet are also in your network technically. But everyone on the internet is not in your LAN.

 

[massahwahl]

If you want them to all talk to one another, or file and printer share, you can add each one of them to the same workgroup and enable file sharing which is nice to have.

 

[FFCFoo]

I was Testing

I was testing this shutdown key! in command prompt. I type "shutdown -i" then I prompt comes up. Im using my brothers to test it. I add his ip and then it does nothing when the prompt closes it will say couldent find IP:192.168.2.21 So? Why does it do this!

EDIT: It is supposed to shutdown his computer!

 

[cohen]

I was testing this shutdown key! in command prompt. I type "shutdown -i" then I prompt comes up. Im using my brothers to test it. I add his ip and then it does nothing when the prompt closes it will say couldent find IP:192.168.2.21 So? Why does it do this!

EDIT: It is supposed to shutdown his computer!

That is not his IP address then, if the IP address is self assigned then it changes everytime he boots / reboots his PC.

 

[FFCFoo]

That is not his IP address then, if the IP address is self assigned then it changes everytime he boots / reboots his PC.

uhhh no it does not. Iw hent on cmd and typed ipconfig/all

 

[cohen]

uhhh no it does not. Iw hent on cmd and typed ipconfig/all

OK, are you both under the same workgroup???

 

[houseofbugs]

Check out Look@LAN.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/lanlook.html

This will scan your network using a range that you define. It can also detect the range you are using and then scan it. I use it at LAN parties to see who is active on the network.

~Tim