Using IP/MAC Address Finder
The IP/MAC Finder tool provides an easy way to locate an IP or MAC address on the network. Using the previously discovered network devices, IP/MAC Finder will find and display network interfaces that have sighting information for the supplied IP or MAC address. To get the most up-to-date sighting information, you can use the Refresh button which sends SNMP requests to each network device to quickly update the sighting information.
When enough network data is available, IP/MAC Finder indicates to which network interface the IP or MAC address is physically connected.
To access the IP/MAC Finder tool:
On the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to .
To use the IP/MAC Finder tool:
- From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to . The IP/MAC Address Finder appears.
- Enter the appropriate information in the following fields.
- . Enter the IP address of a device for which you want to find sightings on the network. Leave this option blank if you are only scanning for a MAC address.
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Click to select a device, in the Select Devices dialog, for which you want to identify a MAC address. For more information, see About the Select button. - . Enter The MAC address for which you are scanning the network. Leave this option blank if you are only scanning for an IP address.
- Select to display the IP/MAC sightings found only on network device types.
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Deselect to display all IP/MAC sightings found on all device types. - Click to search the network to locate where the IP or MAC device is on the network. The results of the search are displayed in the Sighting Information list:
- . Lists the name of the network device that has sighting information for the IP or MAC address.
- . Lists the IP address of the sighting device.
- . Lists the network interface that is routing or forwarding traffic to the IP or MAC address.
- . Lists the network devices to which the device is linked.
- . Lists where the information was seen, such as an ARP Cache, a forwarding database, or the device itself.
- Click to remove the information from the IP/MAC Finder table and start a new device sighting.
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Click to close the dialog.