Network mapping after the fact

[justauser2004]

Ok, Ok, Ok-my bad. I used to have a young man that worked for me who never got around to mapping the network he basically laid. Ugh. I have a combo of Cisco and Waters routers and switches spanning 6 floors of a rather large manufacturing plant. Are there any easy, inexpensive ways to map these connections out? Basically, I would like to know what jack goes to what hub with having to climb through walls and following the blue cables.

Thanks for anybody's insight.

 

[jimbopalmer]

If you have managed switches, you should be able to map the MAC addresses of the end devices to the ports of the switches. For the devices that are on, that can show you the whole path. (this assumes you know where each device is)Then you follow the patch cable on each known port to the patch panel and mark the room the device is in. By comparison, to tone and probe, it is pleasent

If you either do not have managed switches or do not know where the MAC addresses are in your building, a Fluke Net tool can be of aid

http://www.flukenetworks.com/us/LAN/Handheld+Testers/NetTool/Overview.htm

(click see it live for a nice demo)

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