net.recon

This module periodically reads the system ARP table to detect new hosts on the network.

Commands

net.recon on

Start network hosts discovery.

net.recon off

Stop network hosts discovery.

net.clear

Clear all endpoints collected by the hosts discovery module.

net.show

Show cached hosts list. Default sorting by IP.

net.show ADDRESS1, ADDRESS2

Show information about specific addresses. Accepts IP or MAC.

net.show.meta ADDRESS1, ADDRESS2

Show metadata about specific addresses. Includes mDNS, UPnP, open ports, etc.

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
net.show.filter		Defines a regular expression filter for net.show.
net.show.limit	0	If greater than zero, defines limit for net.show.
net.show.meta	false	If true, the net.show command will show all metadata collected about each endpoint.
net.show.sort	ip asc	Defines sorting field (ip, mac, seen, sent, rcvd) and direction (asc or desc) for net.show.

Examples

Sort by IP and filter for MAC addresses starting with B8:

set net.show.sort ip asc
set net.show.filter ^B8
net.show

Filter by endpoints with the string Apple in their hostname or vendor fields:

set net.show.filter Apple
net.show

Show top 10 endpoints sorted by last activity timestamp:

set net.show.sort seen desc
set net.show.limit 10
net.show