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Check this for detailed explaination<br />
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<a href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a008010ff7a.shtml" rel="ugc">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a008010ff7a.shtml</a>
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Check this for detailed explaination

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a008010ff7a.shtml [http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a008010ff7a.shtml]

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If there is no IP address assigned to the switch, the ONLY way to manage it is through the console port.
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If there is no IP address assigned to the switch, the ONLY way to manage it is through the console port.

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Hi,<br />
I have a catalyst 2950 series switch, currenlty up and running fine for years (configured by a previous employee) &nbsp;I want to get into this switch to see the configuration and save it. &nbsp;However, there no static IP address for the switch ( or can't find it at all). &nbsp;I tried to get in using Hyperterminal, but it askes for IP. &nbsp;I was about to use Cisco Network Assistant to discover the device, but it may take up to 30 minutes (because it has to search the whole subnet) &nbsp;Does anybody know other ways to get into this switch? <br />
Thank you
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Hi,
I have a catalyst 2950 series switch, currenlty up and running fine for years (configured by a previous employee)  I want to get into this switch to see the configuration and save it.  However, there no static IP address for the switch ( or can't find it at all).  I tried to get in using Hyperterminal, but it askes for IP.  I was about to use Cisco Network Assistant to discover the device, but it may take up to 30 minutes (because it has to search the whole subnet)  Does anybody know other ways to get into this switch? 
Thank you

Catalyst 2950

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.