Networking hardware element to couple computer network elements and method of displaying thereon

摘要

A networking hardware element to couple together computer network elements comprises: one or more transceivers configured to receive communication signals from one or more of the computer network elements and to forward the communication signals to one or more different ones of the computer network elements; a network diagnostic mechanism capable of monitoring the computer network elements to determine network information by iteratively scanning the transceivers; and an electronic display at a surface of the networking hardware element and electrically coupled to the network diagnostic mechanism, the electronic display capable of displaying at least a network layout map as part of the network information; and displaying additional information.