Patent ID: 6646656
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A computer program on a computer readable medium for use in supervising a network, said program comprising:program means for accessing information relating to the components of the network and the links between those components; program means for converting said information into a form to provide a visual display in the form of a network map on a visual display apparatus, the network map showing each of the components of the network and the links between these components; program means to provide a distinct type of visual image for each type of link; program means for determining from said information the type of each link; whereby said program causes said visual display apparatus to provide a network map of said network in which at least some of the links are visually distinguished according to type including adding symbols to both ends of the visual image of said at least some of the links to reflect the attributes appropriate to that end of the link whereby to make visually apparent any mismatching of the attributes of each end of a link.