[c-nsp] Identifying device(s) connected to cisco L2-only switch

Marko Milivojevic markom at markom.info
Mon Nov 3 11:15:20 EST 2008


On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 13:04, Mateusz Błaszczyk <blahu77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> My friends suggestion in such a problem is shut the port and wait for
> someone to start screamin..
> If none, you can disconnect the cable :)

Given that no mac addresses are learned on the port, there is probably
no traffic there and shutting it down shouldn't do any real damage.

... unless it's some really weird (Ericsson?) device that uses that
port to stay alive or some similar nonsense.

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Marko
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