METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CONNECTIONS IN A NETWORK

摘要

Systems, structures, and methods are discussed that enhance network configuration. Because pieces of equipment on a network may reside over a large area in various premises or buried underground, it is difficult for an installer to determine during the process of installation whether there has been an undesired coupling between at least two elements on the network. The embodiments of the present invention allow an installer to verify in the field whether such an undesired coupling exists, and permit the installer to proceed to fix the problem. The embodiments of the present invention probe the network to form a route of the network and present the route to the installer. If the route is an undesired route, then the network includes at least one undesired coupling between at least two elements. The route can be further analyzed to determine undesired portions of the route. Each undesired portion of the route pinpoints the two elements that are improperly connected to each other.