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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Krishnan Sivaramakrishna Iyer, Cary, NC (US);
James Mark Shaw, Cary, NC (US);
Jerrold A. Stiffler, Cary, NC (US);
Krishnan Sivaramakrishna Iyer, Cary, NC (US);
James Mark Shaw, Cary, NC (US);
Jerrold A. Stiffler, Cary, NC (US);
OPNET Technologies, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A method and/or system is configured to improve the results of an auto-detection of network devices based on the causes of detection failures in preceding runs of the auto-detection process. As each device that is believed to be in the network is found to be undiscovered, the identification of the device and information regarding the cause(s) of non-discovery are stored. Prior to the next auto-detection run, one or more of the discovery parameters are modified, based on the causes associated with the undiscovered devices. The extent to which the discovery parameters are modified is preferably based on the apparent stability of the network, or upon the detection of changes to the network.