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How do you locate a network connection port on a switch from a network port?
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The fancy way is to use an expensive peice of equipment that sends tones through a network jack that can be scanned by another piece of equpment near the switch.
Another way is to have a helper plug and unplug the network jack while you go to the switch and see which light blinks on and off as your friend does that.
Before you start, you must know login and pass for your server/switch to "Telnet". Go to Start: Run: type "cmd". Type in "ipconfig" to find out the gateway and IP address you're connected to. If you need your Mac address as well because of an issue with dynamic IP addresses and yours changing on you for some reason, type "ipconfig /all" with a space before the "/". It will show "all" your IP settings, hence the "all". Now that you have your Gateway address, IP address, and Mac address (optional), you're ready to start. After hitting "enter" on the "ipconfig (/all)", or just on a new blank line, type "telnet 'Gateway Address'" ie: "telnet 10.0.8.1" (that is mine). Type in Login and Pass for your server/switch to be connected to this device. At anytime during a command, you may hit the "tab" key and it will show you all of your next available commands. For instance, we'll be using the "show" command. If you type "show", then hit the tab key, a list of next available commands will pop up and your cursor will now be on the next line after this list with "show" still appearing. After your login, type "show iparp". This is a list of all the IP addresses connected to any device within your gateway settings (any switch connected to and on the rack which you've telnetted into). Now you're looking for your IP or Mac address, both if your IP stays constant (it should). Simply hit the "tab" key until you find one of these addresses. After you're located say "10.0.10.2" (my IP on my VLAN, it's in the "10.0.8.1 (Gateway) - 10.*.*.* range") on the far right side it will show which switch/port you are connected to. Mine shows 5:2, I am on blade 5, port 2. A blade is a switch or device connected on a particular rack. A rack is the unit to which all the switches and possibly server are connected to. For each new rack the numbering sequence starts over for those sets of blades. Here is the challenge, you must know where to start counting from, "where blade (switch device) 1 starts". In our rack we have a "patch panel" on top of our "power and data" switches. Although these devices are connected to me in some way (runs from the patch panel, to power and data, to the switch, to network drop in office, to my phone, to my computer.) the actual switch the "5:2" was referring to above doesn't start until further down in the rack. One I know because our switches are labeled with the IP address, but also because a patch panel has all the individual wires connected in the back (it's patched in), and the power and data are just for power and data. These devices are very simple and just perform their own functions. The "switch" you are trying to locate, possibly a 3Com or Extreme brand, is what connects two different things. The switch you're looking for, being your Gateway IP, is what runs to the network drop, to your phone, or your computer, what have you. It may take some practice as it did in my case, but after you learn to recognize where to start counting from, you'll be able to find port "5:2" in no time.
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