Junior admin - how to discover/map the network to increase understanding?

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Published on 2011-01-08T16:50:00Z Indexed on 2011/01/08 16:55 UTC
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I am a junior admin and have been tasked with gaining an understanding of the network. The 2nd line team are somewhat condescending so I'd rather not ask them. I know and use some of the servers on the network, so am able to tracert/ping them to see the names/addresses of equipment there are along the way, and gradually build a map, but how do I put the feelers out to find out what's out there if I don't know the names of server etc?

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