A system, method or facility allow a user to analyze a telecommunications
network having virtual private network segments, such as frame relay
circuits, where standard network analysis tools fail to identify such
circuits. The facility receives identifiers or addresses for such
circuits and gathers statistical data with respect thereto. Based on such
statistical data, the facility matches end points of the circuits with
corresponding starting points. Thus, a network designer or manager may
use standard and less expensive hardware in networks employing frame
relay circuits, and other virtual private network segments, by employing
the facility to fully document and verify the overall configuration of
the network environment, without prior knowledge of the network's makeup.