nmap

An easier way to find an ASUSTOR NAS to set it up

I have a few ASUSTOR NASes at my house, and I don't like installing a custom application just to identify the NAS so I can visit it's web UI the first time.

The official ASUSTOR getting started guide recommends installing ASUSTOR Control Center, which does a good job of identifying ASUSTOR devices on your network. And that's about it.

But behind the scenes, it's likely just scanning your network and matching any MAC addresses in Asustek's range. Which is easy to do without a third party app.

In my case, I can just run the following nmap command in the terminal and it spits out a list of all ASUS/ASUSTOR devices on my network: