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switch port mapper or flasher

Hi all of you , I need to free program or any trick to do the following :
1.flash switch port from my laptop (Windows) to switch (Cisco) to view it from switch LED blinking (any program thad connects and disconnect automatically to LAN switch)
2.know the port number of switch and the name using CDP protocol

Miftaul H

Its easy to find which port is connecting a PC or any IP address using the "Show arp" and "Show mac-" on the cisco switch cli

nader alkahtani

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But I need to use windows
Exe program is preferred

Miftaul H

the commands I am saying will work when you logon to the cisco switch cli.

Solarwind has a tool for windows, you can use the trial version. Link

nader alkahtani

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Need to free

Rob G

They don't really make a "free" windows version of what you are trying to do..
You can follow the above posts and get the information from the Cisco Side for free.. Or can pay for some 3rd party software to get the port information.. Or can script a slow blink by scripting the off/on of the Nic on the desktop side, but it will be REALLY delayed..

nader alkahtani

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Rob : how can script that?

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nader alkahtani

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Good idea , I want to run this script from laptop then go to switch to see the LED flash
How can I do that
Whitch simplest programming language can do that ?
Thank you Rob

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nader alkahtani

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Thank you so much