COMPUTER TRACKING AND LOCKING
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1. A method for locating at least one device connected to at least one network, comprising:
- querying the network to determine at least one switch network address and at least one switch port associated with the at least one switch network address of the at least one device;
correlating the at least one switch network address and the at least one switch port with at least one physical location of the at least one switch port,comparing the at least one physical location of the at least one switch port to at least one intended physical location of the device; and
disabling the at least one switch port if the at least one physical location of the at least one device does not match its at least one intended physical location.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for locating a device connected to a network. The method comprises querying the network to determine an address of the device connected to the network; accessing network address information to determine a switch IP address and a switch port associated with the address of the device; and correlating the switch IP address and switch port with a physical location of the device within the network.
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1. A method for locating at least one device connected to at least one network, comprising:
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querying the network to determine at least one switch network address and at least one switch port associated with the at least one switch network address of the at least one device; correlating the at least one switch network address and the at least one switch port with at least one physical location of the at least one switch port, comparing the at least one physical location of the at least one switch port to at least one intended physical location of the device; and disabling the at least one switch port if the at least one physical location of the at least one device does not match its at least one intended physical location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 19)
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9. A computer network system, comprising:
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at least one switch connected to at least one network; at least one device connected to the at least one switch; and at least one computer executing program code configured to discover at least one physical location of the at least one device, the program code configured to; query the at least one network to determine at least one switch network address and at least one switch port associated with the at least one switch network address of at least one the device; correlate the at least one switch IP address and the at least one switch port with at least one physical location of the at least one switch port; compare the at least one physical location of the switch port to at least one intended physical location of the device; and disable the at least one switch port if the at least one physical location of the at least one device does not match its at least one intended physical location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20)
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