Advice on software

[DirtDawg]

I was just wondering if there is any software available that can find out what computer is plugged into a port on a cisco catalyst switch? I have 3 cisco catalyst switchs I and I am trying to determine which computer is plugged in where.

 

[marks66]

Cisco Works has the ability to match up IP address and MAC address to an Catalyst switch port, however is very expensive software.

There is a command to show which MAC address is connected to which port.
CAT5000 Command = sh cam dynamic
CAT2924 & 2950 Command = sh mac-address table

You then have the task on maching MAC address to PC, if you use DHCP then the info is on the server otherwise on the router use sh ip arp to match IP to MAC.

Cheers

Mark

 

[krr]

To make life easier check out the freeware CatTools from

http://www.kiwisyslog.com

One of the many features of this great tool is generating a detailed report of all your Cisco switches. This report shows which MAC address was seen on which switch/port. The report is TAB delimited and can be viewed and post-processed with EXCEL.
Just enter your switches into the database (Ctrl+L), select them and perform "Create Switch Documentation File" (Ctrl+S).

Cheers *Rob