NETWORK TESTING DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED TOPOLOGY VALIDATION

摘要

A network testing device is provided in order to validate network topology information and test various other attributes of a network. The network testing device may, in response to a command, obtain connection information from a network indicated in the command. The connection information may be compared to network topology information corresponding to the network. The network topology information may indicate which interfaces of a network device should be to be connected to which interfaces of other network devices. The network testing device may then return, in response to the command, a result of the comparison. Furthermore, the network testing device may return result of other network test performed by the network testing device on the network device.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a request to determine a network topology associated with a plurality of network devices at least two network devices of the plurality of network devices connected by a plurality of paths; transmitting a command to the at least two network devices to execute a signal strength test; receiving results of the signal strength test comprising information that indicates a respective signal strength of a respective path of the plurality of paths connecting the at least two network devices; and providing a response to the request indicating the network topology, the network topology based at least in part on the information indicating the respective signal strength of the respective path of the plurality of paths connecting the at least two network devices.