Diagnostic Software for Network Problems Identification.

Network operations can be notified of network issues at both local and remote offices often times even before users begin experiencing problems. Being able to identify, troubleshoot and resolve problems quickly from central location saves companies a lot of money and avoids expensive and time consuming dispatches to remote locations. So far, Diagnostic Software have been developed for network problems, but the ones available work effectively in wireless network and in the monitoring of network interferences. In this thesis, a Diagnostic Software for the identification of problems in a network has been developed with special focus on local area network and on issues like diagnosis of: TCP/IP stacks, NIC using local host IP address, IP address status of local host and all interfaces on local host name and remote host name. The software was developed using Java Programming language on a web platform. It addresses the problem of configuration and the physical connections like cables and network interface card. Additionally, this research experiment suggests that an ideal diagnostic software should be developed that can comprehensively handle network problems (physical, configuration and software problems) in both wired and wireless networks. We therefore conclude that the interoperability of these areas in one software would be revealing and indeed rewarding.