one idea to build your network is to use HP OpenView Network Node Manager
downloadable for free (60 days trial) at
http://www.openview.hp.com
It will draw the network map and give you plenty of information if you have
snmp enabled on the equipment
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Gabriel Neagoe, GN379-RIPE
Networking solutions consultant
Cisco Certified Network Professional
Cisco Certified Design Associate
S&T Romania
tel: +401 20 40 300
fax: +401 20 40 310
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 7:23 AM
> To: Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Scripts!!!! and no budget!!!
>
>
> many ways to do this.
>
> if they will enable rsh or ssh on the routers........then this can be very
> easy. You just use a simple script and rsh the commands.
>
> Otherwise I would use perl and some of the Cisco perl libraries out there.
>
> My last resort would be to use "expect", or opening a filehandle to a
> telnet process connected to the router.
>
> If they would just give you an SNMP Read Only access then you could get
> alot of this information just by doing snmp queries......once again in a
> scripted language such as Perl.
>
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Cthulu, CCIE Candidate wrote:
>
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > I am currently on an interesting assignment where I have to pull routing
> > information and address information off of about 200-300 routers or
> switches
> > with router on a stick installed...without using ANY form of network
> > management software, and using only USER level access.
> >
> > The information I need to know is:
> >
> > -what interfaces are using used (show ip interface brief)
> > -what addresses are on this interfaces (show ip address brief)
> > - what routing protocols are being used (show ip protocol summary)
> > - what are this's router's neigbhors (show cdp neighbor)
> > -what are this router's routing protocol neighbors (use commands such as
> > show ip bgp neighbor, show ip ospf neig)
> >
> >
> >
> > So, armed only with telnet, a non-enable capable user account/password,
> and
> > my wits (stop laughing, Chuck!), I have to cull this information, and
> using
> > that d*mned visio, make a big picture. After that, I must take the big
> > picture, and make address modifications, etc. to "improve stuff", then
> work
> > with a team to implement this new architecture. This organization does
> not
> > have a consistent or clear picture of its network, but needs it for the
> > major league changes it must make.
> >
> >
> > So, my choices are to manually log onto each device, cull the
> information,
> > or come up with a script that would log onto each device, run these
> > commands, and turn on teh capture text feature of whatever terminal
> program
> > (telnet client) I am using, and output to a simple little text file
> named
> > after the router which has just been accessed. Is Procomm Plus a good
> fit
> > here? Can I buy/download that off the web?
> >
> >
> > My problem is I am script impaired; I have searched the
> Cisco/groupstudy
> > websites, and can not find any references to help me build this script.
> ANy
> > links would be appreciated. I do not have any UNIX workstations
> available
> > to me... only Windows 95 on a
> > ;(
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Charles
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Brian Feeny, CCNP, CCDA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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