Port ID?

[kythri]

Does anyone know of a quick and easy method of determining which port on a switch an endpoint device is plugged into?

I know there's pieces of hardware out there that can be plugged in causing the port to blink...

I'm wondering if such a device will even work with a Cisco switch, or if it would just shut the port down.

Is there a piece of software out there that accomplishes the same function, so that I can just plug my laptop into a jack or cable, and blink the port?

Barring that, if I've got the IP or MAC of the end device, is there a fast method of determining the same (port & switch), rather than tracking it from the router down via show arp and show mac-add commands?

 

[brianinms]

Best 20 bucks you can spend. You can even try before you buy.

http://www.tallsoft.com/cdpmonitor.htm

 

[burtsbees]

Man, that's AWESOME! I might get it for my own...

Burt

 

[lerdalt]

Check out this posting....I've used the cammer.pl script and even modified it with a web front end so all I have to do is plug in the ip address of the switch, and it will automatically do the show arp and show mac stuff for you.

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1041814&page=5