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Mechanism for determining actual physical topology of network based on gathered configuration information representing true neighboring devices

  • US 6,377,987 B1
  • Filed: 04/30/1999
  • Issued: 04/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining a physical topology of a network, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • discovering a plurality of devices that are located in the network based on each address within a set of network addresses and creating and storing information representing the plurality of devices;

    determining possible neighboring devices for each device in the plurality of devices;

    processing the configuration information to eliminate, from among the possible neighboring devices, each device that is not actually a neighbor of the plurality of devices to create information representing true neighboring devices and each link between them; and

    creating and storing information that represents the topology based on the information representing the plurality of devices and the information representing the true neighboring devices and each link.

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