DonConsolio

Network Engineer

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Why was I asked to un-plug and then re-lug in the device? &nbsp;IS that technique used with port trapping?
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Why was I asked to un-plug and then re-lug in the device?  IS that technique used with port trapping?

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My work uses HP Switches and we needed to trace activity from a specific Network Jack. &nbsp;The problem is we did not know which port on the HP Switch that Jack was connected to.<br />
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We did know the client computer's MAC address its IP address. &nbsp;I was told to plug in the device and then un-plug it and then plug it back in several times. &nbsp;That was how my team discovered the port on switch was connected to from that specific data jack.<br />
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I believe my team used a port trap or something like. &nbsp;My quesitons are:<br />
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1. &nbsp;What tools on the switch can be used to find which switch port that client device is plugged into?
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My work uses HP Switches and we needed to trace activity from a specific Network Jack.  The problem is we did not know which port on the HP Switch that Jack was connected to.

We did know the client computer's MAC address its IP address.  I was told to plug in the device and then un-plug it and then plug it back in several times.  That was how my team discovered the port on switch was connected to from that specific data jack.


I believe my team used a port trap or something like.  My quesitons are:

1.  What tools on the switch can be used to find which switch port that client device is plugged into?

How to use a switch to find a specifci device?

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

Networking Hardware-Other

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.

Switches / Hubs

Networking is the process of connecting computing devices, peripherals and terminals together through a system that uses wiring, cabling or radio waves that enable their users to communicate, share information and interact over distances. Often associated are issues regarding operating systems, hardware and equipment, cloud and virtual networking, protocols, architecture, storage and management.