Collecting router information for error diagnosis and troubleshooting in home networks

Andreas Müller, Gerhard Münz, Georg Carle

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Abstract

With the increasing number of heterogeneous devices that are connected to an average home network, troubleshooting in case of network problems becomes more and more complicated. This is not only because most home users are consumers and not experts in the field of networking, but also because it is usually hard to find the relevant information useful for a systematic error diagnosis. Potential sources of information, such as the web interface of a home router, are not standardized and usually not available to people, e.g. friends or help-lines, that are willing to help from outside of the home. However, many home routers run a Linux driven operating system and are therefore capable of providing a manifold amount of interesting data for debugging network related errors. This paper presents a tool which allows gathering highly customizable data on Linux based home routers using arbitrary textual sources, such as the proc-filesystem, command-line output and configuration files. Additionally, we describe the necessary steps for securely transferring the information to an external helper.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 36th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2011
Pages764-769
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event36th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2011 - Bonn, Germany
Duration: 4 Oct 20117 Oct 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN

Conference

Conference36th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2011
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBonn
Period4/10/117/10/11

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