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Author: Stephen Partington
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Subject: Re: How to find which switch port is associated with a particular outlet
MAGIC!!!

Try turning off the 24 port switch? also, look into ARP and see if you can
identify the MAC address on your network.

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 1:30 PM Mark Phillips <>
wrote:

> I have an old Netgear JGS524E switch. I am trying to map out where all the
> wires go. I have a remote roku device that gives me the assigned IP and MAC
> address, and it says it is a wired connection. However, the switch only has
> a rudimentary web gui, and there is no show mac-address function. It would
> take some effort to remove the roku/TV from the wall to disconnect the
> network cable, so I was hoping there is some clever way to find out which
> switch port that roku device is connected to.
>
> I tried a process of elimination to map all the other lines back to the
> switch, and all of the lines are accounted for...which means the roku is
> not connected to the wired switch. But the interface says it is connected
> to a wired port, so I am at a loss to say which port goes to that device.
> The roku works even when I turn off the wifi routers....
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
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