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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Boaz Sapir, Tel Aviv, IL;
Rafael Horev, Ramat Gan, IL;
Sergei Kaplan, Rehovot, IL;
Amit Ramraz, Ashdod, IL;
Michael Shurman, Lev-Hasharon, IL;
Madge Networks (Israel) Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
This invention discloses a method for detecting a layout of a switched local network including at least one switching hub connected to a first plurality of elements, each identified by an address, via a corresponding second plurality of ports defining a corresponding second plurality of element to port connections, the method including determining all element to port connections for each switching hub, identifying the elements which communicate via each of that switching hub's backbone ports and based on the element to port connections and the elements communicating via each switching hub's backbone ports, determining the layout of the switched local network. An apparatus for monitoring a layout of a local network, the network including a first plurality of ports associated, via end-station to port connections, with a second plurality of end-stations is also disclosed.