Identifying problems in a network by detecting movement of devices between coordinates based on performances metrics

A method performed by at least one processing unit, the method comprising:

• determining first network coordinates of individual devices in a network relative to a plurality of servers, by a first network coordinate determining component, including by identifying respective first network IP addresses of the individual devices in the network, wherein the first network coordinates are determined based at least on first network performance metrics for first communications by the individual devices over the network, the first network performance metrics including at least one of latency, bandwidth, or throughput between two devices;
• determining second network coordinates, by a second network coordinate determining component, including by identifying respective second network IP addresses of the individual devices in the network, wherein the second network coordinates are determined based at least on second network performance metrics for second communications by the individual devices over the network that occur after the first communications;
• detecting network movement of the individual devices in the network, by a movement detection component, based at least on differences between the first network coordinates and the second network coordinates, the first network coordinates and the second network coordinates expressed as unit values relative to a plurality of network coordinates corresponding to the plurality of servers, such that the unit values represent the network distance of the individual devices relative to the plurality of servers;
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• identifying, by an identifying component, a subset of the individual devices that share a communication problem on the network based at least on the detected movement of the individual devices within the network relative to the plurality of servers and the respective first and second IP addresses.