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July 14, 2009 at 03:55 AM
guru!

How to find a switch IP address from a PC

by guru! . Updated 16 years, 3 months ago

Hi All,

Im wondering whether we can find the switch IP from a workstation. We have a network setup in one of our shop and the network design is as follows.

Common Setup(thru DHCP)
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1. 4 pcs with 10.x.x.x IP
2. 1 router with 10.x.x.1
3. 1 Cisco 2960 switch(normally 10.x.x.7)

The network is up and running, however we are unable to find the switch IP address. I have ran a complete network scan but it couldnt find anything other than pcs,printer and router. Switch is hiding somewhere in the network.

I understand that we can connect a laptop to the switch to know the IP. But the site is located at a remote location and hence sending an Engineer is very costly. So is there any way that i can find the switch IP remotely from a workstation or from the router.

Please help

Regards
Balaji.

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