Creating Network Maps |
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IPSpotter provides several methods to help you search your network and create network map, then you can start to monitor your network with default properties that IPSpotter set to the map. You can also customize the map so that IPSpotter monitors the network in exactly the way that best suits your needs. This chapter describes how to use IPSpotter tools to create, modify, and save the network map.
Map Wizard provides a means for you to automatically search and create network map.
To craete map with Map Wizard:
1. | If there is no map opening, select New Map from the File menu, otherwise select Map Wizard from the Action menu. |
2. | Select Auto Scan or Blank Map. If you select Blank Map, the wizard will create an empty map for you. You can add devices and customize the map manually. |
3. | Select one or more methods to discover devices in your network. |
4. | Enter network parameters for search network, such as IP address range for ICMP, and the 'Host' file name. |
5. | Select services that you want to monitor. |
6. | Click the Scan button to start network search. After the search finished, you can select all or some discovered devices for adding to the map. |
Before starting to monitor a network map, you need to set device properties, use drawing tools to visually organize your network map, and changes display and background colors.
1. | Device Properties: IPSpotter needs basic
information about a device in order to monitor it. When you create a map using Map Wizard or
Trace Route(see the chapter of network tools), IPSpotter automatically determines the device’s
host name, type, and IP address. However, you need to set notifications for the device and services running
on the devices. You also need to determine what SNMP objects you want to monitor and set notifications on
SNMP Objects. To set properties of a device, double click on the device to pop up the property dialog or
right click the icon, then select Propertis... from the context menu. There are three pages in the
device-property dialog:
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2. | Drawing Objects: Select Modify Map from
the Edit menu, this will activate the drawing tools. IPSpotter includes line, arrow, rectangle, circle and text drawing objects. You can change their position
and size by drag & drop. To set color, style, etc. properties of a drawing object, double click on the object to pop
up the property dialog or right click on the object, then select Propertis... from the context menu. If an object
is overlaid by another, you can send one to back or bring one forward using Send to Back or Bring Forward from the context menu.
Device object is always on top of other objects. The drawing objects can be accessed from the Edit menu or the drawing tool bar as shown followings: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3. | Organize Devices: Select Modify Map from
the Edit menu, this will allow you to copy/paste, move, delete and add devices. IPSpotter provides tools so
that you can easily create various network topologies such as bus network, ring network, star network and full connected
network. To do this, you first select devices using ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You can adjust the size and position of grouped items by drag & drop. If you want to change colors and size for connected lines, you need to ungroup them first. |
4. | Colors: You can change the background color by
select background color from Edit->Background Color menu.
Note: The following colors have been used by the device icon: |
To save a network map, select Save or Save as from the File menu. The saved document will have a extension of .nmr (e.g. airport.nmr). IPSpotter will also create a MS Access file for the document (e.g. airport.mdb). IPSpotter will save all logged data in the file.