all ip addresses of machines in the local network

[damacy]

hi, sandra.

no, it's not as complicated as that. all i want to do is to load a
database onto different machines residing in the same network. i hope
there is a way doing it. or perhaps i have a poor understanding of how
networks work.

regards, damacy

Sandra-24 wrote:
> damacy wrote:
> > hi, there. i have a problem writing a program which can obtain ip
> > addresses of machines running in the same local network.
> >
> > say, there are 4 machines present in the network; [a], [b], [c] and [d]
> > and if i run my program on [a], it should be able to find "host names"
> > and "ip addresses" of the other machines; [b], [c] and [d]?
> >
> > i have read some threads posted on this group, however, they only work
> > for localhost, not the entire network.
> >
> > any hints if possible?
> >
> > thanks for your time.
> >
> > regards, damacy
>
> What is this for? Some kind of high availablity server setup? I don't
> know anything that would be useful to you, but I am curious, and maybe
> it will clarify your intentions for others.
> 
> -Sandra