How to Scan Your Local Network with Terminal on macOS

The Terminal in macOS is one handy tool that few people make use of. Here we will show you how you can use the Terminal in macOS to scan your local network for troubleshooting, maintenance and general curiosity. It works a little differently from Linux’s utilities, with different flags in some cases, so don’t assume Linux skills will be accurate on macOS. Scan Your Local Network’s Open Ports with nmap nmap is the king of command-line port scanners on macOS, but you’ll need to install it first. Install nmap with Homebrew If you have Homebrew installed, run brew install nmap to download and install nmap… Read more