Find a PC in a LAN.

Hi, Folks:
I've been asked this question, and the guys siad my answers were not satisfying.
The question is this:
You have a network that consists of many swithes--like 40 something, in IOS and CATos. Now you know the Mac-address of a PC but you dont know which switch it is attached to. The PC can be running or disconnected or shutdown.
The question is: what is the simple way to find out on which switch and which port this PC is.
thanks,
H.

Hi,
In order for you to track it down by CLI commands, the MAC address must be in the mac address table of the switch, so the PC will have to be up and running.
You will also need to know which device is the default gateway for the PC in question. At the default gateway, do a "show arp | inc xxxx.xxxx.xxxx"
This will give you the IP address as well. Then ping the ip of the PC. This will refresh the MAC address table entries of all of the switches in the path as the address could have aged out of one or more switches in the path, creating a dead end.
Now, if the default gateway is a router, connect to the downstream switch. Check the mac-address table for the mac address in question using the necessary command.
CatOS: show cam dynamic
IOS: show mac-address-table dynamic
The output will give you the Vlan, mac address, and port on which it was learned. If the learned port is a host port, then you've found your PC. If the learned port is a link to another switch, telnet to that switch and repeat the same procedure. Eventually, you will find that the mac address in question was learned on a user port, which will be the PC you're looking for.
HTH,
Bobby
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