How do you search for a device by MAC address in console on a MX4300 switch?

[maindriver]

Hi,

How do we query a Netgear switch through the console to find out which port a MAC address is on.

Example command from other manufacturers

Command for Allied Telesis switch

show swi fdb address=aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff

Command for Cisco switch

show mac address-table | i aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff

It's very handy to be able to remotely find exactly where a device is connected.

Thanks

[maindriver · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the reply.

Is there a way of doing it without having to define a VLAN ?

I'd like to be able to type..

show mac-addr-table AA:BB:CC:ED:EE:FF

Currently, it wants..

show mac-addr-table AA:BB:CC:ED:EE:FF VLANID

edit

bingo

show mac-addr-table | include AA:BB:CC:ED:EE:FF

[schumaku]

In privilleged EXEC mode, syntax is almost like Cisco:

show mac-addr-table [macaddr vlan-id | all | count | interface unit/slot/port | vlan vlan-id]

Reference: M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches CLI Command Reference Manual Release 12.0.7, p.204 (and the wonders of CRTL-F)

[maindriver · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the reply.

Is there a way of doing it without having to define a VLAN ?

I'd like to be able to type..

show mac-addr-table AA:BB:CC:ED:EE:FF

Currently, it wants..

show mac-addr-table AA:BB:CC:ED:EE:FF VLANID

edit

bingo

show mac-addr-table | include AA:BB:CC:ED:EE:FF

[schumaku]

Great, you managed it. Isn't the shortened "i" for the include enough (Cisco-like) on your switch?

For the future readers - the Netgear CLI basic Output Filtering, the “Grep”-like control for modifying the displayed output to only show the user-desired content.

• Filter displayed output to only include lines containing a specified string match.
• Filter displayed output to exclude lines containing a specified string match.
• Filter displayed output to only include lines including and following a specified string
  match.

Example:

(NETGEAR Switch) #show running-config | ?
begin Begin with the line that matches
exclude Exclude lines that matches
include Include lines that matches
section Display portion of lines

[maindriver]

Indeed it is, but when you copy and paste the command it, it expands it to say 'include'.