Re: nmap not scanning networks?

From: Charles Swiger (cswiger_at_mac.com)
Date: 07/07/04

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To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca>

    On Jun 18, 2004, at 10:54 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
    > Zoran> Have you tried without "'"? Or 172.19.17.1-254? Nmap works
    > Zoran> for me. Maybe port 21?
    >
    > I've noticed that nmap on FreeBSD is particularly lame at scanning the
    > local network. If the majority of the addresses on the local network
    > are unoccupied, then it will pause with a 'no buffer space available'
    > message and pause for 15 or 20 seconds each.

    I believe Oliver (the port's maintainter) looked into this issue and
    found a fix, try updating to the latest nmap port and see whether it
    does better now... 

    -- 
-Chuck
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