How to find out an IP address of a machine?

[MGMorden]

Hey guys. I've got a confusing situation here. About 6 years ago the organization I work for had an audio system installed in a room. It basically has a bunch of microphones in various parts of an auditorium that goes into a mixer before being fed to the speaker system. Fast forward to today - I have two additional mics that I need to plug into the system. I have open inputs, but they are not enabled.

The mixer itself has no external controls - it has to be configured via software. That was done when the unit was installed and nobody has needed to touch it until now. That wouldn't be a problem except that I have no idea what the network settings on the unit are, so when I connect a laptop to the unit I can't actually pair them up so that the config software can talk to the unit. The company that installed the unit has since gone out of business so contacting them isn't possible.

My basic question is: is there any type of scanning utility that I can run (Linux or Windows - doesn't matter) with a crossover cable attached that can figure out IP address and subnet mask this machine is set to?

If it helps the mixer is a Biamp AudiaFlex.

Thanks.

 

[seepy83]

You could try using nmap to scan all the valid ranges for private IPs.

 

[JackMDS]

http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

 

[talion83]

network monitor like MS Net Mon or wireshark may work - if the unit broadcasts anything over the LAN connection it should be seen and that will display MAC address and IP information.

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

I also like look@lan for a quick and dirty IP scanner.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

What's the units manufacturer name and model?

 

[ch33zw1z]

What's the units manufacturer name and model?

This, can you factory reset the device?

 

[Railgun]

Or call the company?

http://www.biamp.com/contact/international_contacts.aspx

Or how about page 8 of this...

http://www.biamp.com/downloads/download_redirect.aspx?ID=16

 

[Agamar]

Most devices will have the MAC address printed on it somewhere. Try using arping to see what the mac address gives back.

 

[paperfist]

Not exactly 'lite' but I've used Spiceworks http://www.spiceworks.com/ to track down some devices on the network, even found some I didn't know about

 

[Lanyap]

Here is the manufacturer's product link. Looks like you can download software and manuals.

http://www.biamp.com/products/audia/audiaflex.aspx

 

[bobdole369]

I'm surprised at you guys!

xover cable to your computer.

Run Wireshark.

Turn off and then back on the device in question

Watch

 

[bobdole369]

Failing that - ping the broadcast address of some of the more obvious private ranges, or that companies IP scheme, then run arp -a.

 

[eUK-host]

There are many ip and network management tools available, however, the free and best utility I have found is nmap. You could make a good use of it.