Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070283045
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | Slides presenting the open source Netdisco network discovery and management application. Netdisco includes a feature to identify the switch port to which a node, identified by MAC or IP address, is connected. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
| URL | http://www.netdisco.org/Netdisc... |
| Author/Creator | Max Baker |
| Title | Netdisco - Easy Network Management for ResNets |
| Publication Date | June 20, 2004 |
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| Directions to Document Location | |
| Additional Information | Recordings of the ResNet 2004 presentations can be viewed at http://encoder13.princeton.edu/MediaSiteLive30/Liveviewer/flash/summary.html |
Notes / To Do
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Excerpt
Excerpt From slide number 8:
MAC Address <=> Switch Port Number
IP Address <=> MAC Address
IP Address <=> DNS Name
From the ResNet 2004 Program Schedule:
(http://web.princeton.edu/sites/resnet/ResNet%2004%20Program%20Schedule.pdf)
"Netdisco was written at UCSC for easy location of end users on switch ports using IP and MAC addresses." |
Relevance
Claims
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A method of determining a network switching device and port to which a predetermined end-node is connected, comprising:
discovering a port on a network switching device that forwards data to a predetermined end-node; and
outputting an address of the network switching device and discovered port if no other switching device is forwarded data to the discovered port.
Relevance
netdisco implements this functionality
netdisco implements this functionality
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