How to find the IP address of a network drive? (or any network item?)

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How to find the IP address of a network drive? (or any network item?)

I have a network drive (Buffalo LinkStation). I can connect to it just find and thus explore it with Finder, but there is no way to access its web-based administration utility without knowing its IP address. Is there a way or a utility that can show me what other IP addresses other items in my network have? (Get Info does not show it as far as I can tell)

iMac G5 or PowerBook G4 or iPod, Mac OS X (10.4.1)

Posted on Jan 17, 2006 5:31 AM

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Jan 17, 2006 11:08 AM in response to David Wilkie

The easiest way would probably to get out the manual or the read me which came with it, which will show the default IP.

If you have a Linksys router, the admin section will show the IPs of attached devices. As you can easily tell what the IPs of your computer(s) are, anything lefe over must be a different network device, such as a printer or your network drive.

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