Typically, you build an Excel spreadsheet (or some type of database) that answers the question for you.
Alternately, you look at the MAC-to-IP-address tables (ARP tables) on the switch. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How to find a workstation Greetings! We have been directed to have all our workstations named with a department code, a location (State) code, and the Dell (mostly) service tag number... There is a script which will tell us, in AD, who the last person is to have logged into that machine. PROBLEM: 1. In the summer, we have like 18 student workers. They must find an unoccupied desk. If the "owner" of that desk comes in, they must move. They have no assigned desk. (A single user may need to move 3 times during a single shift.) 2. SO, in my phone system console, or in my VIPRE console, I see that the machine named [gibberish] has had some sort of issue with the VoIP system, or that there is a malware infection (and we may need to boot into SafeMode to do a re-scan). 3. We see a temp worker was the last person to log into that workstation... HOW or WHAT might we use so that we can figure out which of the 60 or so desks actually has the machine name in question? Those who had us change our naming convention (and they have more users than to we) are in a situation where desktop systems are not shared. We do not have this luxury. The other location is finally beginning to understand our complaints. SO, is there some sort of utility, etc that would enable us to find the machine "[gibberish]", where "Fred Temp" was the last person logged in? I'd settle for a button that would make that machine start beeping, if nothing else. Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Jr Infrastructure Architect, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org<http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
