System for generating local area network operating statistics based on monitored network traffic and method therefor

摘要

A system for generating operating statistics for a network interconnecting at least two stations wherein each of those stations may send and receive messages during a session is implemented in software programmed to monitor the messages on the network, assign a direction to each of the messages with respect to the session based on the monitoring step, determine the role assumed by each of the stations based on the assigning step and calculate statistics for one of the stations based on the determining step.