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Resolve MAC from DHCPDiscover
When a DHCP client starts on a network, it sends out broadcast DHCPDiscover or DHCPRequest messages. The DHCP messages sent by the client include the Chaddr (client hardware address) i.e. the clients MAC address. Is there any way to resolve the MAC address of the client at this point!? Sure... -
How find corresponding port to STP blocked port?
Hi! If you have a couple of switches and there is two physical interconnection between say 2 switches. The STP protocol will block one of the port on one of the switches so that only on of the connections is used. With dot1dStpDesignatedBridge you can resolve port - MAC-address of the...
