The invention relates to a method for managing network components in a network comprising a request subnet with request network components and a select subnet with select network components as well as to a network component, wherein the requesting network component out of the request network components of the request subnet transmits a registration request to a selected network component out of the select network components of the select subnet and, based on the registration request, the selected network component transmits information concerning the configuration of the select subnet at the time of registration request to the requesting network component, wherein, based on the registration request, the selected network component transmits further information concerning the configuration of the select subnet to the requesting network component at a later point in time which is chronologically following the registration request.