[Gllug] OT: Switch

[Simon Morris]

Neil Fryer said:
> Hi All
>
> I know that this is really OT, but these are the best places for info.
> One of my SysAds has gone and put 2 new switches on our network, but
> didn't assign IP's to them, or change passwords or anything, and these
> are hosted an hours train ride away from my office, so what I am after
> is a way to try and find the IP's of these machines, so that I can maybe
> modify them remotely. And I dreaming here, and do I have to get on a
> train and go there, or is there a way to do this, or some software that
> I can use?
>


Very, very, very unlikely but would the switch be configured to gets it's
IP using DHCP as a default setting?

If so it would show in the DHCP lease database.

I too think a day trip on the train is the probable solution -- hope it is
to a nice location!!

Simon



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