![]() ![]() One option is for the error log/message to include the device's MAC address (derived from its link-local IPv6 address), and that might be sufficient in a pinch, but it would be much nicer if the testing program could also say something like "The device connected to port #5 isn't working right, have a look at that one". ![]() The issue at hand how to indicate to the testing person when a particular device has failed a test. There will typically be a dozen or so of these devices connected at once (so we can run tests in parallel), and devices will be connected and disconnected on a regular basis by people who don't necessarily know anything about networking they only know how to plug in an Ethernet cable, then (some hours later) look at the PC's screen to see if the test passed or not. I've got a testing scenario where some (GUI-less/embedded) IPv6 devices are going to be temporarily plugged into the ports of a managed Ethernet switch, and a control program (running on a separate Linux PC, also connected to the switch) will detect when one of these devices appears on the LAN, and automatically run a test to make sure the device is working correctly. Just a shot in the dark here, but I thought I'd ask in case anyone has some ideas: ![]()
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