3com Corporation

Paul Robert Jones

Simon Peter Valentine

Lee Anthony Walker

Mark Douglas Cook

Russell Kennett Bulmer

Daniel Simon Ginger

Mitchell James Warner

Discovering non managed devices in a network such as a LAN using telnet

A method for providing a data set relating to a network by merging a first data set relating to the network at a first time and a second data set relating to the network at a s second, later, time, said first data set comprising data acquired by interrogation of the network and other data, and said second data set comprising data acquired by interrogation of the network, said method comprising: comparing the data in the first data set with the second data set, and updating the first data set to include additional data present in the second data to set which is not present in the first data set.

Merging network data sets comprising data acquired by interrogation of a network

Program method and apparatus providing elements for interrogating devices in a network

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Luton, United Kingdom

Paul Robert Jones