trace an ip in the lan

hi dears
how can i discover ip adresses of the SWITCHes (not routers) between me and a
host ?
when i type PING command , my host reply the request of my icmp packets.
good , i want know , ips of switches between me and the host .
any sujestion ...
thnx ...

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unless they have a remote management port switches don't have ip addresses.

"babak via WinServerKB.com" <u21771@uwe> wrote in message
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> hi dears
> how can i discover ip adresses of the SWITCHes (not routers) between me
> and a
> host ?
> when i type PING command , my host reply the request of my icmp packets.
> good , i want know , ips of switches between me and the host .
> any sujestion ...
> thnx ...
>
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>

my switches have ip , and they are managable ...
am i understand your opinion correctly?

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Depends on the switch. If it's a Cisco with very old or very new IOS you can
run the command l2trace. The IP's of the switches should make no difference
in anything, it's all layer 2. What's you're problem?


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> my switches have ip , and they are managable ...
> am i understand your opinion correctly?
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