Thread: LANSurveyor

It won't be a real help if you get an alert which says, the Ethernet cable connected to machine 192.168.1.152 has gone bad. The biggest problem which admin faces while trouble shooting cabling errors is finding the right cable. If you don't have an intelligent cabling deployed it becomes very difficult to pinpoint the error location. The only thing which can help is an elaborated network diagram or map. But one bigger challenge is awaiting here. Making such a elaborated map is not a kids play and takes a lot of human hours. Secondly, in today's dynamic infrastructure setup, updating this map regularly, for let's say 1000 node network becomes near impossible. Just imagine all your 1000 nodes get a new IP everyday from the DHCP and your network diagram needs updating.



To make mapping process automated, you have this kind software. It's not a cheap deal. You have to spend some 40,000 INR to get a licensed copy of this application. Once you use it you will start loving it. This is the only software to my knowledge available today which gives you a true map (even exportable to Visio) of your network including cable links, patch cord details connection specific ports and machines, etc. And the beauty is that, one can set alerts on not only devices such as PCs, switches, routers, etc, but can also set alerts to cable connections connecting two devices.

In case of a cable failure, you will get an error which will not only tell you which IP has got disconnected but will also tell you the port of the switch connection and the machines which were connected through that particular patch cable.