DocumentCode
3737881
Title
Topology discovery of hierarchical Ethernet LANs without SNMP support
Author
Krzysztof Nowicki;Aleksander Malinowski
Author_Institution
Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
fYear
2015
Firstpage
5439
Lastpage
5443
Abstract
This paper presents an algorithm that allows for discovery of layer-2 hierarchical Ethernet network topology using agents running on selected end nodes. No SNMP, MIB, hardware, firmware, or operating system-level software modification is required. The method is based on transmission of customized Ethernet frames among installed software agents. It can be used to discover the topology of LAN or one VLAN segment as long as no MAC address filtering is employed. Sample implementation of the discussed algorithm is also proposed.
Keywords
"Network topology","Topology","Local area networks","Unicast","Network interfaces","Software algorithms","Filtering"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IECON.2015.7392956
Filename
7392956
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