Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Yong Boon Ho

Dipankar Gupta

Srikanth Natarajan

Swamy Jagannadha Mandavilli

Zhi-Qiang Wang

Methods and systems are disclosed for inferring address and subnet relationships. An exemplary method includes identifying a first address associated with a subnet; determining a length of a prefix part of the first address; determining a length of a prefix part of a second address; determining when a portion of the second address matches a portion of the first address; and determining when the lengths of the prefix parts of the first and second addresses are equal. A relationship between the second address and the subnet is inferred when the portion of the second address matches the portion of the first address and the lengths of the prefix parts of the first and second addresses are equal.

Method and apparatus for inferring address and subnet relationships

A system and associated method of storing data concerning a computer network are disclosed. Mesh information concerning a mesh of nodes in the computer network is produced. The mesh information indicates that an interface of the mesh is an external mesh interface, and the mesh information is stored.

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Ft. Collins, CO, United States of America

Yong Boon Ho