Design support apparatus, design support method, and recording medium

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a design support process comprising:

• accepting inputs of the number of nodes to be connected to a network, the number of networks to be connected to each node, and the number of nodes to be connected to a terminating device being a relay device to be connected to the nodes among relay devices relaying communication between nodes;
• calculating the number of terminating devices included in each network based on the accepted number of nodes, number of networks, and number of nodes to be connected to the terminating device;
• specifying nodes to be connected to each terminating device for each network such that each node is connected to any of the calculated number of terminating devices and that individually different combinations of nodes are connected to the terminating devices included in all the networks;
• and
• outputting connection information indicating that the specified nodes are connected to the terminating devices.

A design support method comprising:

• accepting inputs of the number of nodes to be connected to a network, the number of networks to be connected to each node, and the number of nodes to be connected to a terminating device being a relay device to be connected to the nodes among relay devices relaying communication between nodes, using a processor;
• calculating the number of terminating devices included in each network based on the accepted number of nodes, number of networks, and number of nodes to be connected to the terminating device, using the processor;
• specifying nodes to be connected to each terminating device for each network such that each node is connected to any of the calculated number of terminating devices and that individually different combinations of nodes are connected to the terminating devices included in all the networks, using the processor;
• and
• outputting connection information indicating that the specified nodes are connected to the terminating devices, using the processor.