How about setting another machine to that IP address and wait to see who
gets
the conflict message?

Mark

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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: "Frank Jimenez" 
> Subject: RE: OT finding station trying to become MasterBrowser [7:58701]
> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 19:36:28 GMT
> -----
> Probably won't help you in this situation, but in CiscoWorks 2000, there
> is a feature in Campus Manager called User Tracking that associates a
> UserName with a MAC Address and with a Device/Port combination.  Has
> saved my bacon in several cases similar to yours.
> 
> Assuming it's Cisco gear, you could also start at the core switch and do
> either a 'show cam dynamic' or a 'show mac-address-table' and try to
> follow the uplinks until you end up at an access port with your MAC
> address
> 
> 
> Good Luck!
> Frank Jimenez, CCIE #5738
> Systems Engineer
> Cisco Systems, Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: OT finding station trying to become MasterBrowser [7:58701]
> 
> 
> I don't think there's any answer to this, but I thought I would check.
> How can I find the physical location of a system if I know the
> following:
> 
> NetBIOS name, IP address, MAC Address, and the Domain it is attached
> too.
> 
> I have a system that is trying to become the Master Browser and I've
> discovered all of the above information. The problem is, it's a large
> flat network, so the IP address comes from a huge pool and doesn't help
> identify a network segment. The NetBIOS name isn't helpful and the
> vendor code in the MAC address is shared by almost all the systems.
> 
> Any utilities that you know of that could help find this station?
> 
> It's a city-wide school system and driving around from school to school
> isn't practical, although it is a rather small city... :-)
> 
> Any info would be great. Thanks.
> 
> Priscilla




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