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I am in a Switch hell, please help!!!

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by steven25061977

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I am studying for MCSE/CISCO, I have recently aquired an older switch from work which works great. It is labelled as a 'Madge Visage 16200T'

The problem is I would like to obtain configuration software from the manufacturer to look at its setup configure V-lans etc, basically to learn about switch configuration.

However I will be god-Dammed if I can find anything, MAdge seems to have went out of business, Luscent or avaya, or Lannet may have taken over though I cannot get anything from there sites. In short I am stuck, I have found software for a slightly higher model and it's manual, though without knowing the IP address I am stuck, It, has an address on it though this does not ping on any subnet. I have tried to use a network discovery tool to try finding it's address, to no avail, is there anybody who knows how to get config software ( i have tried windrivers) or how to acertain an IP address or MAc with no starting point.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Steven

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by road-dog

http://www.madge.com/contactus-usa.asp

You might have some success through their reps.
Select by geography and make a couple of phone calls.

Finding the IP address might not help,if you don't have the IP, you probably don't have the password.You might want to approach this from a "lobotomize and start over" methodology if this is not on an operational network.

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