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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Network discovery and mapping
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 01:16:38PM -0400, Andy Dills wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > Has network discovery and mapping improved for medium-scale wide > > area networks for ISPs (e.g. 1,000 networks, 100,000 network devices)? > > I've found lots of discovery tools, but intelligent mapping/layout still > > seems to be a problem. The usual requirements for SNMP smart discovery, > > interface/subnet mapping, device identification and connecting the right > > symbols with the right lines to all the other symbols. > > That's quite a "medium-scale". > > Is there a single entity in the world that controls 1,000 networks and > 100,000 network devices? I am a network engineer for a cable ISP. We have over 50,000 cable modems and around 65,000 customer devices. We only have 200-250 networks, but well over 100,000 ip devices. -- Jonathan Crockett Network Engineer Midcontinent Communications
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