Patent ID: 7343403

Claim:
A network management system which includes a plurality of networks to which equipment is connected and a management node connected between the plurality of networks, for exchanging setup information on equipment between different networks through the management node, wherein the management node comprises: first transmission/reception means which performs data communications with one network; second transmission/reception means which performs data communications with another network; setup information store means which stores setup information for the another network; setup information frame analysis means which analyzes a setup information frame received from the one network, the setup information frame containing the setup information for the another network, and making the setup information store means store the setup information; setup means which sets up the another network by using the setup information for the another network which is stored in the setup information store means and received from the one network; setup state acquisition means which acquires a setup state of the another network from equipment which is connected to the another network, and making the setup information store means store the acquired setup state as the setup information about the another network; and setup information frame forming means which forms a setup information frame in order to transmit the setup information about the another network to the one network, and transmitting the same to the one network, wherein setup and checking of the another network is performed by equipment connected to the one network.