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 1QpOWM-0005mP-7O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:49:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C1B6321C216; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com (mail-fx0-f53.google.com [209.85.161.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2AA321C13C for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:48:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxd23 with SMTP id 23so4511509fxd.40 for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:48:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9n9YSgPA9apCCd3hZykxdfoclj5K8leWTNZw43abtkA=; b=LWtCh+dBHXOuAJW+JRIUTb98e24mh1d5VMhanH6E1NIMj11tB/dJuOUisrKoALpwPC 8jC/slQPKqooXgyG2lHyQ1S1f1fhJpfAOS7IhxfljZnP+nYZb7Y/nyQIzKl1laydN+No CgFlvm0fuSMgtKANZx6GSM6BTPe8W8IO9AZ20= 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 Received: by 10.223.21.7 with SMTP id h7mr1496879fab.98.1312566490996; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:48:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.28.139 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:48:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:48:10 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Network Topology Diagrams From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f25688164116c6e8e5a7796bdc420a82 On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:42 PM, James 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 =C2=A0proposed 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 =C2=A0to include (graphical colors) > that shows wireless, cat(5), =C2=A0fiber 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... --=20 :wq