On 2010.05.19 20:59, Steve Bertrand wrote: > On 2010.05.19 15:05, Bob McConnell wrote: >> 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. > >> I would start by playing with nmap and think about using Perl to reduce >> the results >> to a usable format. > > ...amen. > > Beyond that, why not use what already exists? What type/size/structure > of network do you have? > > I guess the more important question, is who's network do you want to > map? If you are just learning, I'd recommend doing so in a very confined > space... > > If you are serious network person, there are a lot of good scripts > written in Perl for Cacti that you can examine and use as potential > roadmaps:
s/good// > http://www.cacti.net/additional_scripts.php Also (forgive wrap): http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&source=hp&q=network+mapping+perl&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=f38a17d08d866c0 Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
