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Network management method and network managing server

  • US 20050198374A1
  • Filed: 08/10/2004
  • Published: 09/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of managing a network comprising plural subnets in each of which a network connecting device is disposed, wherein a network management server having a database is connected with the network, the database storing IP network addresses of the subnets and information about the network connecting devices configuring the subnets, and the network management server executes the steps of:

  • when an IP address is given, referring to the database to compare an IP network address of each subnet and the IP address, and requesting a network connecting device located in the uppermost upstream of a subnet in which the IP address is accommodated to search for a physical address corresponding the IP address; and

    requesting the network connecting device of the subnet in which the IP address is accommodated to search for a network connecting device that accommodates and is nearest to the physical address.

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