How about setting another machine to that IP address and wait to see who gets the conflict message?
Mark Forwarded Message: > 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 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58715&t=58701 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

