[Gllug] Establishing the IP of a switch

[Paul Lee]

Dylan wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I've got two ethernet (10Mb) switches which I've just excavated from my loft. 
> Unfortunately I have no idea what their admin IP addresses are!
> 
> Is there an 'easy' way to find out? Or is it a case of plugging them up to a 
> box and having a script ping every possible address (lots, of course since 
> they could be on 192.168.0.0 or 10.0.0.0)?
> 
> Cheers
> Dylan
> 


Hi

this switch of yours, has it a serial port by any chance? Even if you 
get in tcp/ip wise its likely to be password protected, and you might 
have to do something cunning during its bootup phase to stop it 
reloading its exiting config file. Also might be possible to load a new 
OS image via tftpd.

Best Wishes

Paul
paul at weycrest.net
www.ma1.se



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