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The nmap utility is useful to ping servers. For Ubuntu, this is available on the package repositories via sudo apt install nmap. For Windows, the binaries can be downloaded from the official nmap download page - note that this also requires an additional installation of ncap and MVC 2013 redist (installers provided in the ZIP package).
sudo nmap -sn -T4 192.168.1.0/24
Note that nmap will suggest possible services using each open port, so don’t be surprised when you see names for unknown services. See the following Reddit comment:
The first thing you need to understand is that ANY program can run on ANY port. Your basic nmap scan is only checking the port, and is giving you a list of common programs associated with that port. It does NOT mean those are what’s actually running on that port.
… At a minimum, if you can safely interact with a host, you should include the -sV switch so that it tries to figure out what is actually running on the port, and not just return a port number. If it returns with a question mark after the service, that means it was unable to determine the service, and is just guessing based on port number.
While arp-scan is often suggested as a possible alternative, this is conditioned on the computer having pinged and stored the record on the address table. Pinging is the better option.