Where You Are (Wur); Device Menu Commands - SMC Networks EliteView 6.20 Management Manual

1. SNMP packets are sent to find switches on the local network. The IP address and MAC address of these
switches are discovered and saved.
2. ICMP packets are sent to all switches on the local network to provide them with the MAC addresses of remote
hosts. These addresses can then be learned and stored in the switches' dynamic address tables.
Parameters
• IP Address: The IP address of the switch.
• MAC Address: The MAC address of the switch.
Search
To find IP nodes on other networks, select Utilities>Search in the Utilities Menu. If you are only interested in a
specific range of devices or need to search for devices that are difficult to reach, then in the Search Range dialog
box, specify the address range, and adjust the scan rate if required. After clicking OK button, Where You Are will
send SNMP packets and ICMP packets to the specific range of devices.
Remove All
Remove all clears all data and returns the application to its original status.
Exit
Closes the WUR application.

Device Menu Commands

Address
Before using the Address function you must first go through the procedures explained in Broadcast or in Search.
Then select Device> Address from the Device menu, enter the IP address or the MAC address of remote host and
click OK. This will result in Where You Are carrying out three functions:
1. Determining the content of the dynamic address tables for all ports on all located switches.
2. Identifying the MAC addresses of all ports on all identified switches
3. Identifying the port number, MAC address and IP address of the port to which the remote host is connected.
If you enter the IP address, Where You Are will automatically convert it to a MAC address and display the MAC
address in the Where You Are title bar.
After you have entered either a MAC Address or an IP Address Where You Are will then carry out the series of
actions listed below.
1. Where You Are will interrogate the dynamic address tables of all previously located switches on the network.
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