Network Map

A computer memory device having stored thereon a set of machine readable instructions executable on a processor of a personal computer device, the instructions comprising:

• first instructions executable to cause the processor to detect network devices using a plurality of discovery protocols;
• second instructions executable to display a listing of a plurality of network devices detected using the plurality of discovery protocols, the listing including device state information and association information for each of the detect devices;
• third instructions executable to cause a display device to display a representation of the personal computer device and of each of the listed network devices with corresponding interconnection information in a left, middle, and right column topology format, wherein terminal device representations are disposed in the left column, intermediate connection device representations are disposed in the middle column, and external network representations are disposed in the right column;
• and
• wherein the interconnection information corresponds to at least one connection between two network devices, the two network devices comprising a parent device and a child device, the child device comprising the one of the two devices further connected from the computer device, and
• wherein if the child device is a terminal device and a first terminal child, a straight horizontal connection is created between the parent and the child,
• if the child device is a terminal device and not a first terminal child, a three segment connection is created between the parent and child,
• if the child device is a non-terminal device and a first non-terminal child, a straight vertical connection is created between the parent and the child, and
• if the child device is a non-terminal device and the child device is not a first non-terminal child, a three segment connection is created between the parent and the child.