If you need to know where is conneted your computer, without great network knowledge, this software can help you. The progran is LDWin.
LDWin make queries CDP and LLDP to switches.
In order to extract this information is necessary activate the cdp or lldp protocols at switchs ports in the switches.
To activate CDP at switch Cisco port you can type: no cdp enable
If It was not activate you can see "no cdp enable" at Cisco Switches.
In this example "no cdp enable" is not present.
The result:
We can see:
- Host IP and Mac address from source host.
- Vlan linked at our port.
- Port velocity negociated
- Manufactures, model and firmware version
- Port number connected.
- Switch IP addrss.
GoN. Oct 2016