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Hans -- Thank you, I realize that I can make it blink with network |
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traffic, the problem is that basically all the ports on the switches |
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have traffic running constantly on them, so I need to find a way to make |
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it distinctive enough so it can be picked out from the rest of the |
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noise. |
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I will try to run down the tools that you mentioned and see if any of |
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them provide a solution -- thank you |
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TIM |
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Timothy A. Holmes |
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IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher |
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Medina Christian Academy |
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A Higher Standard... |
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Jeremiah 33:3 |
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Jeremiah 29:11 |
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Esther 4:14 |
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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Hans-Werner Hilse [mailto:hilse@×××.de] |
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:01 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Port Tracer Program Needed |
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> Hi, |
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> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:03:24 -0500 "Timothy A. Holmes" |
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> <tholmes@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > I am getting ready to start a project here in the building to map |
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the |
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> > physical infrastructure of our network (its been assembled kinda |
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willy |
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> > nilly over the last 8 years or so). I am looking for a program to |
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run |
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> > on my laptop that I can plug into a wall plate and it will cause the |
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> > port activity lights on the switch to blink distinctly so that I can |
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> > begin tracing plugs to ports. Due to budgetary constraints, open |
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> > source / freeware is very very preferable. |
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> Not sure about "distinctly" (that will certainly depend on the |
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switch's |
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> electronic and programmatic design), but - tada - you can usually |
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cause |
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> the traffic light on the switch to blink with network traffic ;-) |
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> So broadcasting some UDP packages out into the wild should be |
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> sufficient. Use e.g. netcat. OTOH, you might want to play with ethtool |
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> and switch connection rates for short intervals. Usually switches have |
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> a light indicator for the speed, too, so that should be easier to |
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> distinct on a busy switch. Toggle this in a shell loop with a few |
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> "sleep"s inserted... |
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> -hwh |
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