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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2006
Anthony Pham, S. San Gabriel, CA (US);
Steven Lin, Cerritos, CA (US);
Jonathan Bettino, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
David Hoard, Escondido, CA (US);
Anthony Pham, S. San Gabriel, CA (US);
Steven Lin, Cerritos, CA (US);
Jonathan Bettino, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
David Hoard, Escondido, CA (US);
Belkin International, Inc., Compton, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a networking hardware element () capable of coupling computer network elements () comprises a network diagnostic mechanism () that is capable of mapping the computer network elements and that is also capable of determining a connection status for the computer network elements. The networking hardware element also comprises a display () that is capable of communicating with the network diagnostic mechanism and that is also capable of displaying a network layout map () of representations of the computer network elements and the connection status of the computer network elements.