IPV4 addressing schema design methodology using a visual interactive tool

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

• generating a schema from a start Internet protocol (IP) address, a mask, and a desired level, the schema defining IPv4 addresses for nodes in the schema, the nodes representing addressable computer devices in an organization;
• computing, for each node and using the generated schema, an IP address, a mask, and a net, wherein a first byte of the IP address indicates a user group of the node, and a second byte of the IP address indicates a geographic territory of the node, and wherein the user group of the node is assigned based on a corresponding network functionality of the node;
• storing the schema;
• providing, for use in a user interface:
• information for presenting the schema, including information for displaying visualizations of groups of nodes in the schema;
• and
• instructions for listening for events based on user interactions that modify node information for nodes in the schema;
• receiving, in the user interface and generated from triggered events, information for modified nodes;
• and
• updating the stored schema using the information for the modified nodes.

A computer-implemented system, comprising:

• a computer memory;
• and
• a hardware processor interoperably coupled with the computer memory and configured to perform operations comprising:
• generating a schema from a start Internet protocol (IP) address, a mask, and a desired level, the schema defining IPv4 addresses for nodes in the schema, the nodes representing addressable computer devices in an organization;
• computing, for each node and using the generated schema, an IP address, a mask, and a net, wherein a first byte of the IP address indicates a user group of the node, and a second byte of the IP address indicates a geographic territory of the node, and wherein the user group of the node is assigned based on a corresponding network functionality of the node;
• storing the schema;
• providing, for use in a user interface:
• information for presenting the schema, including information for displaying visualizations of groups of nodes in the schema;
• and
• instructions for listening for events based on user interactions that modify node information for nodes in the schema;
• receiving, in the user interface and generated from triggered events, information for modified nodes;
• and
• updating the stored schema using the information for the modified nodes.