Mac – How to find devices on the local network through their IP address

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I have a local network powered by a Time Capsule, and connected to 4 or 5 macs. There are other devices on the network too. (Printers, IP Cameras, etc). Is there a way to list the devices on the local network – and their IP addresses?

I've seen this Q/A How do I know the IP addresses of other computers in my network?

but the responses do not show what is what – just a list of IP addresses.

Best Answer

You can view this in Finder: in the Sidebar, there is a collapsable group called SHARED (if you don't see it, Finder > Preferences > Sidebar > SHARED , and ensure that Bonjour Computers is checked, but it's probably helpful to check all of them).

To view all detactable network devices, select All….

To get a device's IP address, select it and Get Info (ctrl+click > Get Info or cmd+i). Alternatively to find a specific device's IP via Terminal, run nslookup $hostname, replacing $hostname with the device's name listed in Finder: ex nslookup foo.yournetwork.com.

Beyond that, you'd have to log into the router to see what devices are connected (its admin GUI will/should display the device's name next to the IP address it assigned to it).

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