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I want to write a Bourne shell script that takes a machine name as an argument and displays a message informing you whether the host is on the local network

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how to know ip address from computername? Then compare with my ip to know is the same local network or not? – duongvanthai Nov 27 '12 at 4:39
We aren't going to do this for you. What have you tried? Are there any linux commands that can tell you this information? Where would machine names be stored on a Linux machine? – Codeguy007 Nov 27 '12 at 4:39
I'm beginer in unix system and i try alot of command to do this (4h search in google). But i can't get the information i want. – duongvanthai Nov 27 '12 at 4:44

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ping -c 1 -t 5 a_machine_name >> /dev/null && echo "The machine is on LAN" || echo "The machine is not conencted to LAN"

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#!/bin/bash
echo Please enter host you would like to ping:
read PING
ping "$PING"
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That doesn't tell him if it's on the local network though other than he should be able to figure that out from the IP. – Codeguy007 Nov 27 '12 at 5:18
traceroute -m 1 "$PING" I believe will tell you if the IP is on the same subnet. – Codeguy007 Nov 27 '12 at 5:27
@Codeguy: I find link help to determine two ips same subnet: ehow.com/how_5088467_determine-two-ips-same-subnet.html So, i write shell script follow this guide. Anything else more simple? – duongvanthai Nov 28 '12 at 3:28

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