Network discovery tools
sgorman1 at gmu.edu
sgorman1 at gmu.edu
Thu May 6 16:28:06 UTC 2004
Thanks for the suggestions. The network ferret tools reports to do layer 2 discovery as well, maybe not so wishful thinking but I could be wrong -
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Boolootian <booloo at ucsc.edu>
Date: Thursday, May 6, 2004 11:59 am
Subject: Re: Network discovery tools
>
>
> > The best GPL tool that I've come across in a long while, as far
> as
> > network discovery goes, would have to be the discovery engine
> inside
> > Netdisco (http://www.netdisco.org). This tool is fairly Cisco-
> centric,
> > but Max has put a lot of work into a tool for folks who are
> tired of
> > CiscoWorks not working.
>
> netdisco does automated topology discovery for CDP-speaking devices
> (where the C is Cisco and not Cabletron). That includes Cisco gear
> and some HP stuff (at least the ProCurve line of switches - not sure
> what else they have it in). netdisco will also do topology discovery
> using Bay's discovery protocol (though this probably only exists in
> old stuff and likely didn't make the cut in the move to Nortel).
> There'ssome hope for using the work done by some guys at Bell Labs
> to do the L2
> topology discovery relying on existing MIBs (primarily the BRIDGE
> MIB),and there is proof-of-concept code, but that's mostly wishful
> thinkingat this point.
>
>
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