From: Brian > On May 19, 2010, at 1:19 PM, packet wrote: > >> How can we map a network in perl? >> >> i was just thinking how we can do that.Sorry new to perl. >> > > Only way I know how to do it is with the use of Net::SNMP and > Net::Ping. Use Net::SNMP to get a list of adjacent networks > from routers, and use net::Ping to ping sweep those networks > looking for new nodes. Basically repeat that process until the > network is mapped. > > That's a very very simplified explanation. There are entire > books written on SNMP and you have to be pretty familiar with > that service to know how to get the info you need.
I would start by playing with nmap and think about using Perl to reduce the results to a usable format. Bob McConnell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
