On 08/05/2011 07:48 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:42 PM, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> > wrote: >> Hello one and all, >> >> It's been a while since I've created diagrams. I'd be curious to >> learn what tools (software ebuilds) and techniques that folks >> employ to: >> >> Graphically map an existing network topology. Create new designs >> and implementation details a proposed Network Topology Design. >> Create paper printable diagrams. I'm thinking about getting an 11 x >> 17 color printer for the actual printed (paper) diagrams. >> >> It'd be nice to include (graphical colors) that shows wireless, >> cat(5), fiber and POE segments in different colors, even if I have >> to manually edit what a software tool cannot distinguish within >> it's features. >> >> BISCI, RCDD, TIA, NEC and any other related standards or regulatory >> (regardless of country) types of related issues and support are of >> interest, but not necessary for a general response and discussion. >> >> Hopefully the industry has move passed creating much of these sorts >> of materials, uniquely by hand, using Autocad? >> >> All comments and suggestions are welcome. Templates are most >> welcome! > > To my knowledge, Dia is the most common Linux answer to Microsoft > Visio, and sounds somewhat close to what you're looking for. > > I'd *love* to see a tool that sniffs the network and tries to build > a visible topology graph, though... Zenmap - part of net-analyzer/nmap can do that for you.
It lists all hosts found. When clicked you can access their scan data. You can import & export those scans in a XML format. It draws a topological chart of the network. It uses only circles as icons, so it's not apt for presentations, but to get a quick overview. It's handy to make a thorough scan at customers and make its export accessible to your colleagues in your admin-firm. Greetings, Daniel -- PGP key @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xBB9D4887&op=get # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887
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