PRTG Manual: IP/MAC Address Finder
The IP/MAC Address finder tool allows you to find all references to an IP or MAC Address within the discovery results. In addition, this tool will help identify any device or interface that may own the address. Find results will also include references to the where the address was "found" including but not limited to ARP caches, forwarding databases, or discovery protocol tables.
Launching the IP/MAC Address Finder
The IP/MAC address finder can be launched from the 'Tools' tab available on the main page of UVexplorer.
Using the IP/MAC Address Finder
The address finder can use either an IP or a MAC address or both. If both an IP address and a MAC address are provided all find results will be for references that include both the IP and MAC address.
To provide an IP address you can either type in the address manually, or select one using device selector. When using the device selector the IP address used will be the primary IP address of the selected device.
To provide a MAC address you can either type in the address manually, or select one using the device selector. When using the device selector the MAC address used will be the primary MAC address of the selected device.
To begin the search, after providing a valid IP or MAC address, press the 'Find' button. The address finder will search the discovery result for any devices with a reference to that address. When the search is completed the results will be displayed in the result table.
The 'Name' column contains the display name of the device with the reference to the searched address.
The 'IP Address' column contains the IP address of the device with the reference to the searched address.
The 'Type' column indicates what type of sighting was used to generate the result. Possible values are:
FDB (Forwarding Database),
ARP (Address resolution protocol table),
CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol),
IP_ROUTE (IP address route table),
AP (Wireless Access Point),
AP_CLIENT (Wireless Access Point Client),
LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol),
STP (Spanning Tree Protocol),
VIRTUAL_MACHINE,
VIRTUAL_HOST,
OWNER (Address belongs to the resulting sighting device),
The 'Description' column contains a description of the sighting type. In addition to the sighting type it will contain other information relevant to the sighting type. For example if the sighting is from a data table such as CDP it will contain the entry index.
If the interfaces involved in the sighting participate in a connectivity link such as CDP and LLDP, the linked column will contain details about the members of that link.
