[ale] Find IP-address from MAC address

[James Sumners]

You might not have had the serial speeds configured correctly. I do
something similar with some Enterasys access points and screen; I
don't have any problems, I assume, because I have specified the proper
communication speeds.

On 9/6/05, Jay Loden <jloden at toughguy.net> wrote:
> I realize I'm a bit slow in replying here, but I just worked with one of these
> at my workplace. It was a DeviceMaster but it's the same type of device. I
> had exactly the same problem - I had no idea what the IP was and I had to
> configure it.
> 
> What I ended up doing (and, as it turns out, it's was the only way to
> configure certain aspects of the device) was using the serial to RJ45
> connector cable that came with the DeviceMaster to hook it up to a machine
> and connect directly with SecureCRT.
> 
> I don't know what tools you have at your disposal, or how similar the N-Port
> and DeviceMaster are.  In my case, it was finicky...you had to type the
> commands at the exact right time during startup and so on just to get logged
> into the system correctly, etc.
> 
> If you can in any way get connected to the thing via serial as Christopher
> suggested, I'd try it that way, then configure the IP or get the address
> through the serial connection.
> 
> -Jay
> 
> On Friday 02 September 2005 11:47 am, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > Does the N-Port have a serial console?  Connect to it and issue the
> > proper commands to configure IP.
> >
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