Determining the physical location of resources on and proximate to a network

A method comprising:

• storing physical location information in a storage area of a wall plate which provides access to a network, the stored physical location information being related to the physical location of wall plate;
• storing information related to the MAC address of a computer system coupled to the wall plate;
• reading wireless ID tag information provided by a resource which is proximate to the wall plate;
• transmitting the scored physical location information, the information related to the Mac address, and the read wireless ID tag information over the network provided by the wall plate.

A service comprising:

• installing a plurality of wall plates, each wall plate provides computer access to a network;
• providing a physical layer and logic within each of the wall plates wherein the logic is capable of storing physical address information which is related to the physical location of the wall plate and wherein the logic is capable of storing information related to the MAC address of a computer system coupled to the wall plate to obtain network access therefrom and wherein the logic is capable of storing wireless ID information provided by a resource which is proximate to wall plate;
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• providing a command from the network that will cause the physical address information, the information related to the Mac address, and the wireless ID information to be provided to a network application.

A product comprising:

• a computer readable medium having computer executable code stored therein, the computer executable code in said product to be effective to:
• store physical location information in a storage area of a wall plate which provides access to a network, the stored physical location information being related to the physical location of wall plate;
• store information related to the MAC address of a computer system coupled to the wall plate;
• read wireless ID tag information provided by a resource which is proximate to the wall plate;
• transmit the stored physical location information, the information related to the Mac address, and the read wireless ID tag information over the network provided by the wall plate.