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