The MAC Vendor Lookup finds the MAC Address from this database and tells us which manufacturer originally manufactured this device and what is the prefix and postfix of a given MAC Address. How to perform the MAC Address Vendor Lookup? The MAC Address Vendor Database consists of a list of mac addresses of all devices manufactured to date. Depending on the complexity and size of a network deployment, this can save significant troubleshooting time.įor more information about our network topology feature, please check out our blog post.MAC Address Lookup Tool searches your MAC Address or OUI in the MAC Address Vendor Database. So, in seconds, it’s possible to view the networked Meraki devices a client connects through-and easily verify the health and status of those devices. In the image above, searching on a partial MAC address revealed three online devices matching that search criteria. You can also search by partial MAC addresses: In the example above, the client’s MAC address is being filtered in the topology search box-resulting in a single online device matching the criteria.
If device labeling is checked, it’s easy to confirm that the AP highlighted in the topology view is the same as that identified in the client’s details page.Īnother way to trace a client device is to simply search for its MAC address from the dashboard’s topology page.
Below, you can see that the Windows client device in our example is connected to an access point that physically links back through four switches before hitting our MX security appliance, Godzilla: This will bring up the network topology view, with Meraki devices highlighted by green icons.
Tracing clients in the Meraki topology map is easy: from within the dashboard, you can drill down into a client’s details page and click on the “topology” link: When troubleshooting client connectivity in complex deployments, the topology feature can save time by quickly showing whether networked devices between the client and the Internet are alerting or down. This lets you see exactly what Meraki equipment a device is connected through-all the way out to the perimeter of your network. Now you can see which Cisco Meraki devices a client is connected to and how those devices are physically linked.įor those of you who have been checking out our awesome, new network topology feature, we’re excited to announce additional functionality: tracing client devices in the Cisco Meraki dashboard’s topology view.
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