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identify a switch port

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by dolteanu

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Hi,
there is a chance to identify a switch port on wich is connected another switch?
My task is to find only the ports on wich computers are connected.

Switch Description : Cisco IOS Software, C2960 Software (C2960-LANBASEK9-M), Version 12.2(44)SE6, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2009 by Cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Mon 09-Mar-09 18:10 by gereddy
Thanks in advance,
dumitru olteanu

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by brenton keegan

Are you trying to identify which switch ports go to an empty jack?

If so you have a couple options. Your switch should be able to to tell you what MAC address is associated with each switch port. This means you can find out what computer is plugged into what port on the switch.

Another option is to use a tone generator.

by cg it

someone ought to have created documentation that shows the physical layout of the network and what is connected where.

as Brenton Keegan mentions the switch can tell you what is connected to it. After that it's just a matter of matching up names to addresses [MAC or IP]. If you run DHCP you can find the leases which will give you who has what address. The switch has a web interface that you can also use to get information.

by brenton keegan

that he doesn't have that documentation.

I remember being asked to document that for an organization once. They had zero documents. Even the wall jacks were unlabeled.

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