Enumerating machines on the local network?

[Simon Brown]

Tim Golden <tim.golden at viacom-outdoor.co.uk> wrote in message news:<mailman.301.1083832680.25742.python-list at python.org>...
> If you're on Win32, try this (shamelessly lifted from someone's
> python-win32 posting):
> 
> http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/win32_how_do_i/list_machines_in_a_domain
> .html
> 
> Obviously (well, obviously once you've looked at it), this only
> covers the NT domain situation, not an arbitrary network.
> 
> If you're on Unix, have a look at Zeroconf (http://www.zeroconf.org/) and
> Howl (http://www.porchdogsoft.com/products/howl/) which may or may not be
> what you're looking for.
> 
> TJG

thanks :)