COMPUTER NETWORK NODE DISCOVERY

摘要

A computer network node discovery process provides for collecting discovery data at least in part by having a computer query computer network nodes. The discovery data can include IPv6 addresses or MAC addresses or both. The discovery data can be expanded by converting IPv6 addresses to MAC addresses or converting MAC addresses to IPv6 addresses. The resulting expanded discovery data can be used to update a network inventory database at least in part by entering IPv6 or MAC addresses resulting from the conversions.