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154CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH THE MAP

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Clouds appear automatically in the network topology for three reasons.

■ They are used to represent sections of the network where 3Com Network Director was unable to determine the topology.

■ They are shown between the two end points of a WAN link to indicate the type of the WAN link, and to allow you to apply operations independently to each end of the WAN link.

■ They are used to show the number of clients connected to each wireless access point.

A circle represents a subnet within your network. The label in the center of the circle indicates the address of the subnet being represented. If the subnet has not yet been discovered then the label includes the text “(Undiscovered)”.

3Com Network Director allows you to group related devices together into a device group. Each device group is represented by a cloud contained within a rectangle. For more information about creating device groups see “Device Groups” on page 172.

The Tree The tree is displayed on the left-hand side of the 3Com Network Director main window and lists all of the devices that have been discovered in your network, grouped into subnets and device groups. Clouds are not listed in the tree.