From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QpPIC-0003At-7h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:38:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CFCA521C167; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 18:38:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.admin-box.com (mx01.admin-box.com [78.47.249.108]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10B7721C02A for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 18:37:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx01.admin-box.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EBA53C08 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:38:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mx01.admin-box.com Received: from mx01.admin-box.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx01.admin-box.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xn6210EomMHs for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:38:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.137] (e178121018.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.178.121.18]) (Authenticated sender: daniel@troeder.de) by mx01.admin-box.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9DB653C07 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:38:52 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4E3C3858.7030602@admin-box.com> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:37:12 +0200 From: Daniel Troeder User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110710 Thunderbird/5.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Network Topology Diagrams References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.2pre OpenPGP: id=BB9D4887; url=http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xBB9D4887&op=get Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA65D8DC0489A72AF5D0A578A" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 8cf706f26de6821826a7a4b5e1a28d21 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA65D8DC0489A72AF5D0A578A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 08/05/2011 07:48 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:42 PM, James > wrote: >> Hello one and all, >>=20 >> 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: >>=20 >> Graphically map an existing network topology. Create new designs >> and implementation details a proposed Network Topology Design.=20 >> Create paper printable diagrams. I'm thinking about getting an 11 x >> 17 color printer for the actual printed (paper) diagrams. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Hopefully the industry has move passed creating much of these sorts >> of materials, uniquely by hand, using Autocad? >>=20 >> All comments and suggestions are welcome. Templates are most >> welcome! >=20 > To my knowledge, Dia is the most common Linux answer to Microsoft=20 > Visio, and sounds somewhat close to what you're looking for. >=20 > 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 --=20 PGP key @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=3D0xBB9D4887&op=3Dg= et # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887 --------------enigA65D8DC0489A72AF5D0A578A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEUEARECAAYFAk48OFsACgkQg3+4tbudSIf79QCfaFQIgmyJKmxiSpDPWPURzAsP COoAmJCIOfCTmgDF9LChPnmTYqSK7nw= =HinE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA65D8DC0489A72AF5D0A578A--