How to Keep Track of Your Network Configuration
Jürgen Schönwälder, Horst Langendörfer · 1993
In this paper we present extensions for the Ined network editor allowing us to discover the structure of an IP network automatically. The discovering algorithm is based on an active probing technique that fits well with our interactive editor. We have chosen a multithreaded approach to minimize response times which seems reasonable in fast networks but may fail when run over slow serial links. A set of utilities have been designed to lay out the discovered network based on additional information found in the Domain Name System. Introduction Maps showing the network configuration are very important documents for a variety of tasks. This motivated us to design and implement a domain specific editor called Ined that is specialized for drawing and maintaining network maps [7]. Ined provides all necessary editing features to draw and maintain network maps. Maps may be composed of node, network and link objects. Link objects represent connections between two node objects or a node and a n...