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How to determine which switch and port a device is connected to

June 15th, 2009 | 189 Comments | Posted in Switch

Some times you need to trace a device (PC or notebook) is connected to which switch and port. For example, you need to find which switch and port is connected to a rogue DHCP server. If you are using Cisco catalyst switch, having the device IP and/or MAC address in hand you can find the device by searching at the mac address table of the switch. Although it is not difficult to do, in a big network, this task can be time consuming. More »

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