Method of collecting information about test devices in a network
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1. A method comprising:
- sending first packets to a plurality of network addresses by using a frequency that is below a predefined threshold;
receiving responses to the first packets from one or more of the plurality of network addresses;
identifying that the one or more of the plurality of network addresses are routable network addresses based on receiving the responses from the one or more of the plurality of network addresses;
sending discovery packets by using the routable network addresses as destination addresses in the discovery packets;
receiving information packets from a plurality of test devices, in a network, as responses to the discovery packets;
identifying one or more additional routable network addresses based on one or more collected network addresses from the information packets; and
using the one or more additional routable network addresses for discovery of one or more other test devices in the network.
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Abstract
A method of collecting information about a plurality of test devices connected in a network is provided. The method includes: identifying routable network addresses within a plurality of the network addresses, and sending discovery packets to the plurality of routable network addresses, receiving responses from the test devices, obtaining the information about the test devices, and storing the information so as to associate, for each of the test devices, the test-device information with at least one of the routable network addresses. The routable network addresses are stored in non-volatile memory for repeated use in re-discovery of the test devices in the network.
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1. A method comprising:
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sending first packets to a plurality of network addresses by using a frequency that is below a predefined threshold; receiving responses to the first packets from one or more of the plurality of network addresses; identifying that the one or more of the plurality of network addresses are routable network addresses based on receiving the responses from the one or more of the plurality of network addresses; sending discovery packets by using the routable network addresses as destination addresses in the discovery packets; receiving information packets from a plurality of test devices, in a network, as responses to the discovery packets; identifying one or more additional routable network addresses based on one or more collected network addresses from the information packets; and using the one or more additional routable network addresses for discovery of one or more other test devices in the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors configured to; send first packets to a plurality of network addresses by using a frequency that is below a predefined threshold; receive responses to the first packets from one or more of the plurality of network addresses; identify that the one or more of the plurality of network addresses are a plurality of routable network addresses based on receiving the responses from the one or more of the plurality of network addresses; send discovery packets by using the plurality of routable network addresses as destination addresses in the discovery packets; receive information packets from a plurality of test devices as responses to the discovery packets; identify one or more additional routable network addresses based on one or more collected network addresses from the information packets; and use the one or more additional routable network addresses for discovery of one or more other test devices. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; send first packets to a plurality of network addresses by using a frequency that is below a predefined threshold; receive responses to the first packets from one or more of the plurality of network addresses; identify that the one or more of the plurality of network addresses are a plurality of routable network addresses based on receiving the responses from the one or more of the plurality of network addresses; send discovery packets by using the plurality of routable network addresses as destination addresses in the discovery packets; receive information packets from a plurality of test devices as responses to the discovery packets; identify one or more additional routable network addresses based on one or more collected network addresses from the information packets; and use the one or more additional routable network addresses for discovery of one or more other test devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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