Need a utility for IP addresses

[thebowler]

I keep running into IP address conflict. We assigned static IP's to each piece of equipment on the network but somehow they get dropped. Does anyone have a utility that can track all the used IP addresses on a network?

 

[Andreh]

Is there the option of creating a DHCP scope and automating the process? You may have a good reason for doing this. Let the server do the work for you so you can worry and focus on the more important problems.

I have just moved from a WINS NT4.0 domain to a Win2k Dynamic DNS (using DHCP) and have to say, i am very happy.

I use to have an excel spread sheet with all the different subnets. It was a nightmare, but necessary to avoid your problem.

 

[Hondy]

You can use an IP scanner to see what's in use e.g. superscan 3.0 from

http://www.foundstone.com.

This will tell you what's in use at the moment and can resolve the names. It's not a management tool, but will help you out.

Or you could ping or tracert every host on your network...