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Get Computer List in Lan from Command Prompt

September 21st, 2008 Bala Krishna Posted in Dos Commands, Tips and Tricks, Visual Basic, Window Application, windows xp No Comments »

Looking to quick view how many computers running in your local area network(LAN)? without using any software.  NT OS shipped with handy net command that is used to update, fix, or view the network or network settings. NET VIEW command displays a list of computers in a specified workgroup or the shared resources available on a specified computer.  There are several command available start with NET. I will cover all those commands in another post.

Command: >

Command to display list of computer on screen.

C:> Net View

Command to save list of computer in a file called pc_list.txt inside current directory. If you want to change file location, you can give absolute path with file name.

C:> Net View > pc_list.txt

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