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connect a laptop to the switch and run the ipconfig command. 
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connect a laptop to the switch and run the ipconfig command.

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Best way is directly through the console port of the switch to serial port on PC.<br />
then just use &quot;show ip interface brief&quot; and you should be able to determine an IP address that you can telnet to thereafter.<br />

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Best way is directly through the console port of the switch to serial port on PC.
then just use "show ip interface brief" and you should be able to determine an IP address that you can telnet to thereafter.


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Thank you very much for your support.
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All comments were helpful and supported the end solution.
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All comments were helpful and supported the end solution.

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I recently assumed a new role and took ownership of a Cisco 4510 Cat. switch.<br />
I would like to use putty to dispaly the running-config, but I do not have the host ip <br />
address for the &nbsp;switch. &nbsp;How can I discover the host ip?
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I recently assumed a new role and took ownership of a Cisco 4510 Cat. switch.
I would like to use putty to dispaly the running-config, but I do not have the host ip 
address for the  switch.  How can I discover the host ip?

How to discover the Administraive/Host IP address for the Cisco 4510

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.