Please fill out this form in order to request the activation of a networking connection. Information we will ask you to provide includes the following:
- Building
- Room Number
- Port Information
- Network Name
Switch/Port Information
To speed up your request, please utilize CDP to provide the switch and port information:
Overview:
CDPR is used to get the switch information that a specific port is connected to. We do this if we need to move a port to a specific VLAN network. It listens for an update packet from the switch which broadcasts every 60 seconds. Once cdpr gets the packet, it dumps the information into a .csv file for viewing in Excel or other programs.
Instructions:
To install:
- WinPcap is longer being developed, and all versions are vulnerable to DLL hijacking. Please download and install Npcap instead:
- Download cdpr_v2 from
- Extract the contents of the .zip file
To use:
- Navigate to the cdpr_v2 directory
- Run cdpr.bat
- It will list all the network adapters available on the computer. Enter the interface you want to use. This will most likely be the Ethernet adapter
- Wait for the switch information to be broadcasted
- Enter a Tag. This is the Port and Plate number you are connected, to along with building and room number
- Press any key to continue
- Open log.csv (also in the cdpr_v2 directory) to make sure it got the information and tagged it correctly
- Example: c:\cdpr_v2\log.csv
Notes/Known Issues:
If you are going to be using the same adapter every time, you can edit the batch file to auto select a specific adapter. This can be done by using the –d flag and inputting the device number.
Example Batch File
