| 摘要 |
<p>A method is described of discovering at least one Virtual Private Network (VPN) (70,80) automatically within a network (10) comprising a plurality of network elements (30,40,50,60) including the steps of: discovering the network elements (30,40,50) which provide functionality for VPNs within the network (10); discovering the role of each network element (30,40,50), as identified in the preceding step, comprising identifying network elements whose role is as customer premise equipment (CPE) (40,50); discovering, for each element identified as customer premise equipment (40,50), the VPN (70,80) the customer premise equipment (40,50) is associated with. <IMAGE></p> |
