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 Layer 2 trace?
Layer 2 switches, Layer2 switches connectivity, Network hardware, Switches
Hi,

I had joind a company with a big, complicated and un-documented network. I want to know some connections passing through which switches. Some of the switches are layer2. To make it harder, switches are of different brands.

Any idea how to achieve that?

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ASKED: January 17, 2010  5:58 AM
UPDATED: January 18, 2010  1:26 PM
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If the Switches are from Cisco,HP or Foundry you can use a CDP, FDP protocols to find out the immediatelly connected neighbour from any of these switches, HP Procurve can run sho cdp neighbours command as well.
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