Re: [LARTC] how can I monitor a (dumb) switch ?

2005-06-03 Thread Jay Vosburgh
Dmytro O. Redchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:24:13AM +0300, Radu CUGUT wrote: >> I have an ethernet LAN, made over dumb fast-ethernet switches >> (10/100mbit) without management, so there is no IP for the switches. >> >> What I want, if possible, is to find out if a sw

Re: [LARTC] how can I monitor a (dumb) switch ?

2005-06-03 Thread Dmytro O. Redchuk
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:24:13AM +0300, Radu CUGUT wrote: > Hello there, > > Can anyone help me with a problem i have > > I have an ethernet LAN, made over dumb fast-ethernet switches > (10/100mbit) without management, so there is no IP for the switches. > > What I want, if possible, is to

Re: [LARTC] how can I monitor a (dumb) switch ?

2005-06-03 Thread Daniel Lopes
Radu CUGUT schrieb: Hello there, Can anyone help me with a problem i have I have an ethernet LAN, made over dumb fast-ethernet switches (10/100mbit) without management, so there is no IP for the switches. What I want, if possible, is to find out if a switch is down or not. It's like with

Re: [LARTC] how can I monitor a (dumb) switch ?

2005-06-03 Thread cristian_dimache
Hi, Radu You simply cannot monitor a switch that is uncapable of monitoring. It is as easy as that. Nevertheless, you can fake the monitoring part by arping to the users connected directly to that switch. Arping, because is a layer2 app, goes beyond (or better yet, beneath) any firewall. If a fire

[LARTC] how can I monitor a (dumb) switch ?

2005-06-03 Thread Radu CUGUT
Hello there, Can anyone help me with a problem i have I have an ethernet LAN, made over dumb fast-ethernet switches (10/100mbit) without management, so there is no IP for the switches. What I want, if possible, is to find out if a switch is down or not. It's like with routers... if you want