Can I see whats connected to my switch?

[philjayj]

I have a Netgear GS605 Gigabit Switch, which is connected to my router (a WNR854T) - is there any way I can view whats connected to the switch? The router wont show anything connected via the switch.

Many thanks

 

[Craig321]

Does your router not have a list of computers and their IPs?

 

[philjayj]

The router will only show the IPs of devices connected to the router and not the switch.

 

[PhillyDee]

The router will only show the IPs of devices connected to the router and not the switch.

Mine does, it shows whats been allocated an IP via DHCP.

 

[J.B]

Unless you have a very expensive "managed switch" i doubt it will

 

[sja360]

maybe im stupid but surely its physically viewable to see what is connected?

 

[J.B]

maybe im stupid but surely its physically viewable to see what is connected?

The man makes a good point.

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

Download Angry IP scanner, you can use this to ping your entire IP range and see which IP addresses are in use.

 

[3dcandy]

sure the router should show what's connected, even via the switch. unless the switch is not using dhcp

 

[philjayj]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I've narrowed the problem down further. The machine in question runs without a monitor, keyboard and mouse, mainly because its used as a download box.

When I either shut down the machine or restart it via remote desktop, it won't connect to the network once restarted. To solve this, i have to connect a monitor etc and open IE and that solves the problem - it can be controlled via RDP.

Is there any way to solve this? I may need to shut it down to install updates etc, and I don't want to be connecting a monitor etc every time.

 

[J.B]

Odd, perhaps you could try disabling any log in screens so it boots straight into the desktop, if its still not connecting then Id say you need a new driver for your NIC