| 摘要 |
<p>An autonomous network management system for the home/small network that enables the common user to setup and manage a network, by providing automatic and self-sufficient installation, management and troubleshooting of a network. According to a prefered embodiment of the present invention, new network devices can be automatically installed, without any user intervention, and the network can be managed from any of the network devices, using a floating distributed network management method. The network management system includes a complete suite (11, 12, 13, 14) that provisions and installs the home network, monitors, performs proactive connectivity and performance tests, provides statistics and fixes the network when it is under performing. The present invention thereby provides a virtual MIS to configure, maintain and troubleshoot the network. This is performed using an expert system for networking problems that makes the home network a self-healing autonomous network. The present invention includes a centralized management console that controls and manages thousands of these home/SOHO network management systems to allow efficient support and management by a communication service provider.</p> |
