Instrumenting home networks

In managing and troubleshooting home networks, one of the challenges is in knowing what is actually happening. Availability of a record of events that occurred on the home network before trouble appeared would go a long way toward addressing that challenge. In this position/work-in-progress paper, we consider requirements for a general-purpose logging facility for home networks. Such a facility, if properly designed, would potentially have other uses. We describe several such uses and discuss requirements to be considered in the design of a logging platform that would be widely supported and accepted. We also report on our initial experience deploying such a facility. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.3 [Network Operations]: Network Monitoring; H.3.1 Analysis and Indexing]: Abstracting Methods General Terms Experimentation, Management, Measurement Keywords home network management, home network troubleshooting

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: CCR
• Authors: Kenneth L. Calvert, W. Keith Edwards, Nick Feamster, Rebecca E. Grinter, Ye Deng, Xuzi Zhou
• Keywords: CCR 2011, General-purpose Logging Facility, Home Network, Keywords Home Network, Software Engineering