Re: switch

On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 22:04, Mikey wrote:
> what is the name of the program used to communicate with a switch?

Typically, you would administer a switch via a serial console port on
the switch. You would connect your serial console cable between the
serial port of your computer and the console port of the switch. With
that in place, you can use a program like minicom to connect to it.
There is no Ethernet or IP protocol involved.


> I got the ip of my ethernet but don't remember what I numbered the switch as.

If the switch has an IP-based mgmt interface that you have assigned an
IP address to, then you can typically use telnet or ssh to administer
the switch across an IP network (no need to be physically near the
switch). If you can't remember what IP address you gave it, try
connecting a crossover ethernet cable between the switch and the
ethernet port of your computer. With that in place, ping the broadcast
address of the subnet and watch the IP addresses that reply.

If you don't know the broadcast address, the `ifconfig` command will
tell you. For example, mine says:

# ifconfig eth0 | grep Bcast
inet addr:192.168.2.240 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

# ping -b 192.168.2.255
WARNING: pinging broadcast address
PING 192.168.2.255 (192.168.254.255) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1):...
64 bytes from 192.168.2.3 (192.168.2.3):...
64 bytes from 192.168.2.9 (192.168.2.9):...
64 bytes from 192.168.2.4 (192.168.2.4):...


Hope that helps,
...Kevin








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