Patent
1995-04-19
1997-11-04
Coleman, Eric
3952001, G06F 1300
Patent
active
056849591
ABSTRACT:
A system that monitors neighbor information frames (NIFs) sent by each station within a Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network to determine the logical map of the network. After monitoring the NIFs for a period of time sufficient for all stations to have sent a NIF, the invention builds and displays a data structure containing the logical connections. If the system finds a missing connection within the network, it builds a gap structure within the data structure to display the missing connection. The system also sends a request to all stations on the network for station management information. After receiving this information from each station, the system builds and displays a data structure containing the physical connections between each of the stations within the network.
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Bhat Sunil
McKee Neil
Coleman Eric
Hewlett--Packard Company
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