Re: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Raj, Is the software going to be open source? I have a large collection of scripts for automating configuration (during rollouts) and basic troubleshooting. I've had intentions of providing a GUI front-end at some point, either in Java or PHP, but never seem to have the time to get around to it. Most of the advanced troubleshooting is performed by our technicians anyway (as opposed to directly by the customer), so not having a graphical interface has not been a big deal. Either way, since you've obviously done some work in that area it might be nice to merge some sources to provide additional functionality. For example, I can see where it might be nice to see which switches are encountered between hops, especially if the next hop isn't reachable. I wouldn't imagine this would be terribly difficult, since the code is already written. Just a thought. - Tom Raj Santiago wrote: Hi All, A friend and myself have recently completed a program, in which WE think is going to be very helpful to all engineers out there. Basically its a network-graphing program. How does it work ? 7 logs on to all known routers in your network and issues term len 0 and then show ip route. These outputs are then stored under the name of the router. 7 Next you specify a source ip(or name) and a destination ip (or name) 7 Our code basically works out the starting point(s) and then builds a graph based on the routing table(stored as files) to the destination. 7 The graph(very pretty with nice colours ) is stored as a png file and a HTML document is created to reference it. What does this mean? 7 You can basically get a graphical representation of your network from any two points 7 All of this is dynamic because it follows your routing table entries. 7 Makes troubleshooting simpler Etc Well, we were stoked to see the end product (in which we are doing final testing and formulating a module). I was wondering if this would be useful to you out there ? If so, just leave a comment. This will give us a rough idea on how user friendly we need to package this Here is a sample diagram : http://www.superplasmas.com.au/routeparser/10.25.159.1_10.47.200.30.png With IE, you will need to enlarge the pic to view it correctly... (just run your mouse over and click on the enlarge button). Any feedback will be good. Please remember this program is free. Cheers Raj Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69758t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
My question to Tom and Raj is, where can I get it? I am not a programmer (yet, working on that), so scripts like these that are free are always a welcome site. If you guys are willing to share what you have (your livelihood doesn't depend on it) let me know. Robert Tom Martin wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Raj, Is the software going to be open source? I have a large collection of scripts for automating configuration (during rollouts) and basic troubleshooting. I've had intentions of providing a GUI front-end at some point, either in Java or PHP, but never seem to have the time to get around to it. Most of the advanced troubleshooting is performed by our technicians anyway (as opposed to directly by the customer), so not having a graphical interface has not been a big deal. Either way, since you've obviously done some work in that area it might be nice to merge some sources to provide additional functionality. For example, I can see where it might be nice to see which switches are encountered between hops, especially if the next hop isn't reachable. I wouldn't imagine this would be terribly difficult, since the code is already written. Just a thought. - Tom Raj Santiago wrote: Hi All, A friend and myself have recently completed a program, in which WE think is going to be very helpful to all engineers out there. Basically its a network-graphing program. How does it work ? 7 logs on to all known routers in your network and issues term len 0 and then show ip route. These outputs are then stored under the name of the router. 7 Next you specify a source ip(or name) and a destination ip (or name) 7 Our code basically works out the starting point(s) and then builds a graph based on the routing table(stored as files) to the destination. 7 The graph(very pretty with nice colours ) is stored as a png file and a HTML document is created to reference it. What does this mean? 7 You can basically get a graphical representation of your network from any two points 7 All of this is dynamic because it follows your routing table entries. 7 Makes troubleshooting simpler Etc Well, we were stoked to see the end product (in which we are doing final testing and formulating a module). I was wondering if this would be useful to you out there ? If so, just leave a comment. This will give us a rough idea on how user friendly we need to package this Here is a sample diagram : http://www.superplasmas.com.au/routeparser/10.25.159.1_10.47.200.30.png With IE, you will need to enlarge the pic to view it correctly... (just run your mouse over and click on the enlarge button). Any feedback will be good. Please remember this program is free. Cheers Raj Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69764t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Tom Martin wrote: Raj, Is the software going to be open source? I have a large collection of scripts for automating configuration (during rollouts) and basic troubleshooting. I've had intentions of providing a GUI front-end at some point, either in Java or PHP, but never seem to have the time to get around to it. Most of the advanced troubleshooting is performed by our technicians anyway (as opposed to directly by the customer), so not having a graphical interface has not been a big deal. Either way, since you've obviously done some work in that area it might be nice to merge some sources to provide additional functionality. For example, I can see where it might be nice to see which switches are encountered between hops, especially if the next hop isn't reachable. I wouldn't imagine this would be terribly difficult, since the code is already written. Since switches do transparent bridging, how would you know that they are there? It's hard to see something that is transparent. Perhaps there's some spanning-tree info you could gather that would illuminate the logical topology and the path frames would take. It would only be for that LAN though. Of course, if you meant L3 switches, then his program already works with those probably. Thoughts? I'm just thinking out loud here. The program sounds great! Congratulations on the accomplishment and good luck with its marketing. Priscilla Just a thought. - Tom Raj Santiago wrote: Hi All, A friend and myself have recently completed a program, in which WE think is going to be very helpful to all engineers out there. Basically its a network-graphing program. How does it work ? 7 logs on to all known routers in your network and issues term len 0 and then show ip route. These outputs are then stored under the name of the router. 7 Next you specify a source ip(or name) and a destination ip (or name) 7 Our code basically works out the starting point(s) and then builds a graph based on the routing table(stored as files) to the destination. 7 The graph(very pretty with nice colours ) is stored as a png file and a HTML document is created to reference it. What does this mean? 7 You can basically get a graphical representation of your network from any two points 7 All of this is dynamic because it follows your routing table entries. 7 Makes troubleshooting simpler Etc Well, we were stoked to see the end product (in which we are doing final testing and formulating a module). I was wondering if this would be useful to you out there ? If so, just leave a comment. This will give us a rough idea on how user friendly we need to package this Here is a sample diagram : http://www.superplasmas.com.au/routeparser/10.25.159.1_10.47.200.30.png With IE, you will need to enlarge the pic to view it correctly... (just run your mouse over and click on the enlarge button). Any feedback will be good. Please remember this program is free. Cheers Raj Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69786t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Priscilla, I've found that CDP works great for identifying transit Ethernet switches since CDP details IP addresses, and suprisingly picks up more that just Cisco equipment. I've noticed HP switches providing CDP, but most of the networks I work with are primarily Cisco. One of the biggest benefits of CDP is that it's really easy to remotely automate and parse, allowing automated network topology generation. Granted STP works more globally, but doesn't have any way of showing an associated IP address (most of my scripts have been geared towards troubleshooting, where most often it's valuable to Telnet to the next hop and get it's perspective). I suppose STP contains a bridge ID that can be cross-referenced to an IP address, assuming a central database exists. To be honest I haven't done anything too elaborate with STP scripting since CDP has worked out so well, except on a couple of occasions where I found platforms/IOSs where CDP isn't enabled by default... I had plans of extending my scripts with STP to identify root bridge placement and identify L2 transit paths. Perhaps someday I'll actually have the free time to do it! :) - Tom Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: Since switches do transparent bridging, how would you know that they are there? It's hard to see something that is transparent. Perhaps there's some spanning-tree info you could gather that would illuminate the logical topology and the path frames would take. It would only be for that LAN though. Of course, if you meant L3 switches, then his program already works with those probably. Thoughts? I'm just thinking out loud here. The program sounds great! Congratulations on the accomplishment and good luck with its marketing. Priscilla Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69800t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Priscilla, I've found that CDP works great for identifying transit Ethernet switches since CDP details IP addresses, and suprisingly picks up more that just Cisco equipment. I've noticed HP switches providing CDP, but most of the networks I work with are primarily Cisco. One of the biggest benefits of CDP is that it's really easy to remotely automate and parse, allowing automated network topology generation. Granted STP works more globally, but doesn't have any way of showing an associated IP address (most of my scripts have been geared towards troubleshooting, where most often it's valuable to Telnet to the next hop and get it's perspective). I suppose STP contains a bridge ID that can be cross-referenced to an IP address, assuming a central database exists. To be honest I haven't done anything too elaborate with STP scripting since CDP has worked out so well, except on a couple of occasions where I found platforms/IOSs where CDP isn't enabled by default... I had plans of extending my scripts with STP to identify root bridge placement and identify L2 transit paths. Perhaps someday I'll actually have the free time to do it! :) - Tom Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: Since switches do transparent bridging, how would you know that they are there? It's hard to see something that is transparent. Perhaps there's some spanning-tree info you could gather that would illuminate the logical topology and the path frames would take. It would only be for that LAN though. Of course, if you meant L3 switches, then his program already works with those probably. Thoughts? I'm just thinking out loud here. The program sounds great! Congratulations on the accomplishment and good luck with its marketing. Priscilla Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69809t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Hi All, Thanks for all your input! :D · Yes! the code is full open source. This program was actually some rd for work. We thought we can help the networking community by releasing this to the public. * The program needs the following commands to be executed : -terminal length 0 -terminal ip netmask-format decimal -show ip route The next version of the program will display - the next-hop interface type(f0/0, s0/0..etc...) - and bandwidth of interface(this can be quite tricky, need some time to find a good algorithm. If anyone has ideas, im all ears..) Yes I think supporting the switch paths is do-able. I have a concept algorithm in place. We will try and program this into our code. However the algorithm needs, CDP#8230;. More information will be provided soon. We are packaging this up and hope to release it on CPAN. I will post the full site details when we are up. Raj Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69843t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Hi Guys, Its all released. Download the software from the following link. We have included a make file to ease in installation. Any questions, check the README file and then email us. http://mlp-consulting.com.au/Cisco-ShowIPRoute-Parser-1.01.tar.gz Raj Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69851t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Tried to d/l but got connection refused. homer:/local% wget http://mlp-consulting.com.au/Cisco-ShowIPRoute-Parser-1.01.tar.gz --09:51:41-- http://mlp-consulting.com.au/Cisco-ShowIPRoute-Parser-1.01.tar.gz = `Cisco-ShowIPRoute-Parser-1.01.tar.gz' Resolving mlp-consulting.com.au... done. Connecting to mlp-consulting.com.au[203.24.133.1]:80... failed: Connection refused. Raj Santiago wrote: Hi Guys, Its all released. Download the software from the following link. We have included a make file to ease in installation. Any questions, check the README file and then email us. http://mlp-consulting.com.au/Cisco-ShowIPRoute-Parser-1.01.tar.gz Raj Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69856t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Hi All, Sorry the local provider is having an outage. However its in CPAN, please follow this link : http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/M/MA/MARKPF/cisco/Cisco-ShowIPRoute-Parser-1.01.tar.gz cheers Raj Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69863t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Hi All, A friend and myself have recently completed a program, in which WE think is going to be very helpful to all engineers out there. Basically its a network-graphing program. How does it work ? · logs on to all known routers in your network and issues term len 0 and then show ip route. These outputs are then stored under the name of the router. · Next you specify a source ip(or name) and a destination ip (or name) · Our code basically works out the starting point(s) and then builds a graph based on the routing table(stored as files) to the destination. · The graph(very pretty with nice colours ) is stored as a png file and a HTML document is created to reference it. What does this mean? · You can basically get a graphical representation of your network from any two points · All of this is dynamic because it follows your routing table entries. · Makes troubleshooting simpler Etc Well, we were stoked to see the end product (in which we are doing final testing and formulating a module ). I was wondering if this would be useful to you out there ? If so, just leave a comment. This will give us a rough idea on how user friendly we need to package this Here is a sample diagram : http://www.superplasmas.com.au/routeparser/10.25.159.1_10.47.200.30.png With IE, you will need to enlarge the pic to view it correctly... (just run your mouse over and click on the enlarge button). Any feedback will be good. Please remember this program is free. Cheers Raj Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69738t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Route Graphs...... [7:69738]
Looks ok to me, but as always .. I would look through the code first. Presumably it logs on to the router using standard vty / telnet. (does it require enable ?), I am alway wary of inputing these details into a 3rd party program unless I can proof read the code. Even then I would probably create a user in TACACS, and se very restrcitive permisions, ie only run the commands required! Raj Santiago wrote: Hi All, A friend and myself have recently completed a program, in which WE think is going to be very helpful to all engineers out there. Basically its a network-graphing program. How does it work ? · logs on to all known routers in your network and issues term len 0 and then show ip route. These outputs are then stored under the name of the router. · Next you specify a source ip(or name) and a destination ip (or name) · Our code basically works out the starting point(s) and then builds a graph based on the routing table(stored as files) to the destination. · The graph(very pretty with nice colours ) is stored as a png file and a HTML document is created to reference it. What does this mean? · You can basically get a graphical representation of your network from any two points · All of this is dynamic because it follows your routing table entries. · Makes troubleshooting simpler Etc Well, we were stoked to see the end product (in which we are doing final testing and formulating a module ). I was wondering if this would be useful to you out there ? If so, just leave a comment. This will give us a rough idea on how user friendly we need to package this Here is a sample diagram : http://www.superplasmas.com.au/routeparser/10.25.159.1_10.47.200.30.png With IE, you will need to enlarge the pic to view it correctly... (just run your mouse over and click on the enlarge button). Any feedback will be good. Please remember this program is free. Cheers Raj Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=69753t=69738 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
