隨著時代的進步，網路技術不斷地成長，越來越多的網路設備接二連三地問世。面對如此的多的網路設備，網路管理已成為一個相當重要的議題。近年來無線網路技術也不斷推陳出新，例如Wi-Fi已經是一個相當成熟的無線網路存取技術，電子電機工程師學會 (the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers ， 簡稱為IEEE) 在1999年提出了擁有高速的傳輸頻寬和廣大的基地台涵蓋範圍的Wi-Max 寬頻無線擷取網路技術，將取代目前傳統有線固網「最先一哩」。隨著這兩種無線網路技術的蓬勃發展，傳統的網路管理應加以改進方可以管理未來無線的網路環境。 而對於興新的Wi-Max技術，勢必對無線網路造成一定程度的影響，許多學者專家表示Wi-Max技術將不會取代目前的3G和Wi-Fi無線網路技術，而是相互並存的 [1] 。因此針對不同的無線網路，也要有管理的機制，讓網管人員可以方便地監控和管理網路設備。基於上述之原因，本論文提出了一個適用於Wi-Fi和Wi-Max的無線網路管理系統 (Wi-Fi and Wi-Max Integrated Wireless Network Management System， 簡稱為WWWNMS)，並實作此系統於國立中央大學及國立暨南大學中。本系統使用階層式的架構，在每個網路管理者所管理的網域內，佈建一台區域網路WWWNMS。而每一台區域WWWNMS定期向WWWNMS回報網路最新的狀態及監測到的資訊，不僅可以提升整個系統的效能而且還具有延展性。本系統不僅提供網路管理者在Wi-Fi及Wi-Max整合的環境下，方便的監測和管理無線網路設備，更可以偵測私接的Wi-Fi基地台。此外，運用現有的網路資源，只要管理者的網管伺服器能連上網路，不管在室內還是室外，當使用者存取無線網路時，便可知道使用者的位置。 New wireless network technologies are developing constantly and network management has become an important issue to manage various network equipments. Wi-Fi is a ripe wireless access technology, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) proposed the Wi-Max broadband wireless access technology with high speed access rate and wide coverage and will replace the traditional wired networks to become the “first mile” in 1999. As the development of these two wireless technologies, traditional network management systems have to be improved so as to manage wireless networks. The Wi-Max technology should have an influence of a certain degree to the wireless networks. Many scholars and researches consider that The Wi-Max technology will not replace the the wireless technologies of the 3G and Wi-Fi. Contrarily, it will be side by side with them [1] . It must have a mechanism to manage the different wireless networks and make the network managers control and monitor the network equipments, easily.This paper proposed a Wi-Fi and Wi-Max Integrated Wireless Network Management System (WWWNMS) and implemented the system in National Central University (NCU) and National Chi Nan University (NCNU), hierarchically. In each campus, there is a local WWWNMS managing itself Wi-Fi and Wi-Max devices. Local WWWNMS reports updated network information to WWWNMS periodically. The hierarchical system has the benefit of scalability. This system is not only capable of providing an easy way for Wi-Fi and Wi-Max wireless network monitor and control, but also detecting the illegal Wi-Fi Access Points (AP). Moreover, the proposed system uses the available network resources that the network management server can access the internet and without extra cost, it can trace the location of users via Wi-Fi wireless networks.
