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A while back I ran into a program for (cringe) Windows that basically generated an HTML page for some network statistics (disk access on server, net speed etc). But the thing that really impressed me was a little tab that was a "map" of the network.

Basically, it was a spider diagram with the server at the centre with all the logged in workstations springing from the various routers/switches/hubs with their various IP addresses. I was quite impressed with this as it gave a nice realtime map of the network and how packets got where they got. So what I was thinking is, is this possible with perl on a win32 system? I originally thought I could do something clever with traceroute but according to the Net::Traceroute readme it won't work on Windows systems...

If anyone has any ideas I would be really greatful :)
The Evil but Fickle Dr Lambado

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Re: Network Mapping
by blakem (Monsignor) on Nov 08, 2001 at 23:50 UTC
    Its not necessarily a perl solution, but what you describe sounds to me like EtherApe.... Does this screenshot look like what you're wanting?

    -Blake

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      I've never seen that before but yes that is the kind of thing that I am looking for. The app that I saw was a commercial product costing about £200, which, needless to say is a little steep. I'll take a look at the source of it though anyway as it seems interesting.

      The Evil but Fickle Dr Lambado

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