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homebutler network

Discovers the devices on the local network.

CommandWhat it does
scanPings every address in the subnet of the first network interface and lists the devices in the ARP table.

network scan​

Pings every address in the subnet of the first network interface and lists the devices in the ARP table.

homebutler network scan [flags]

The scan needs the arp program on the host. It stops after 30 seconds. Hostnames come from reverse DNS lookups.

On a host without arp installed:

homebutler network scan
error: failed to read ARP table: exec: "arp": executable file not found in $PATH