[gentoo-user] Network Topology Diagrams

[gentoo-user] Network Topology Diagrams

[James]

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!

James

Re: [gentoo-user] Network Topology Diagrams

[Michael Mol]

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:42 PM, James <wireless@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...


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Re: [gentoo-user] Network Topology Diagrams

[Daniel Troeder]

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On 08/05/2011 07:48 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:42 PM, James <wireless@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

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Re: [gentoo-user] Network Topology Diagrams

[Yohan Pereira]

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On Friday 05 Aug 2011 20:37:12 Daniel Troeder wrote:
> On 08/05/2011 07:48 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
> 
> Zenmap - part of net-analyzer/nmap can do that for you.

There is also net-misc/lanmap not sure how effective it is.
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[gentoo-user] Re: Network Topology Diagrams

[James]

Yohan Pereira <yohan.pereira <at> gmail.com> writes:


> > Zenmap - part of net-analyzer/nmap can do that for you.

Yes, most excellent to map a network.


> There is also net-misc/lanmap not sure how effective it is.
Ah, I found this and the homepage suggest lanmap2 as
a newer, better software. There is no ebuild for lanmap2.

Yes, I have used Dia. I was hoping for some level of automation
between discovery (nmap/zenmap) and a drawing tool
that make what you discover easy to edit/annotate
and then drop to a printer  to print drawings
for meetings  and such.

I did find this also in portage, mentioned here
just in case anyone else needs to make drawing
and diagrams.

app-admin/rackview
Generate HTML page displaying computer rack layout


Thanks for all of the input.


James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Network Topology Diagrams

[meino.cramer]

Hi,

lanmap2's github -- what it seems the only source for
the source of it -- points to a 404 Error page.

Is there any other, valid link to it?

Best regards,
mcc



James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> [11-08-10 03:00]:
> Yohan Pereira <yohan.pereira <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
> > > Zenmap - part of net-analyzer/nmap can do that for you.
> 
> Yes, most excellent to map a network.
> 
> 
> > There is also net-misc/lanmap not sure how effective it is.
> Ah, I found this and the homepage suggest lanmap2 as
> a newer, better software. There is no ebuild for lanmap2.
> 
> Yes, I have used Dia. I was hoping for some level of automation
> between discovery (nmap/zenmap) and a drawing tool
> that make what you discover easy to edit/annotate
> and then drop to a printer  to print drawings
> for meetings  and such.
> 
> I did find this also in portage, mentioned here
> just in case anyone else needs to make drawing
> and diagrams.
> 
> app-admin/rackview
> Generate HTML page displaying computer rack layout
> 
> 
> Thanks for all of the input.
> 
> 
> James
> 
> 

[gentoo-user] Re: Network Topology Diagrams

[James]

 <meino.cramer <at> gmx.de> writes:


> lanmap2's github -- what it seems the only source for
> the source of it -- points to a 404 Error page.

> Is there any other, valid link to it?


 https://github.com/frac/lanmap2

https://github.com/frac/lanmap2/archives/master

Let me know if you hack an ebuild for it....

James