Find MAC of PC plugged into IP Phone - detective work

When I do a 'Sh Mac-Address-Table dynamic' of course it shows me the same mac for the Data and Voice VlAN because the phone is a trunk agreed, So All I want to do is find out if a computer is plugged into the second port of a phone and what the MAC address is. This must all be done from the switch itself. Walking round a building is not an option for me cause of locked doors etc.

Many thanks

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networker050184

If a PC is attached to the phone you should see it's MAC address for the data VLAN, not the phones. Same as any switch it should not substitute it's own MAC for the end devices.

Trifidw

If the voice vlan is 10 and data 20 you should see these entries when doing a show mac-address-table

10 - phone mac
20 - phone mac
20 - PC mac

kmcintosh78

NMAP or Superscan may provide you with the info you are looking for.

Futura

So your saying that If there is a PC connected to the phones switch port the mac will show up in correct data vlan that it is attached to?

So maybe there is no PC connected to the phone, because if I do a sh mac-address-table dynamic I get the same mac address for the VLAN 2 = Data and VLAN 50 = voice and that is all.

I will lab this up to be sure but many thanks for the input.