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