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On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:42 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello one and all, |
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> It's been a while since I've created diagrams. |
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> I'd be curious to learn what tools (software |
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> ebuilds) and techniques that folks employ to: |
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> Graphically map an existing network topology. |
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> Create new designs and implementation details |
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> a proposed Network Topology Design. |
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> Create paper printable diagrams. I'm thinking |
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> about getting an 11 x 17 color printer for |
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> the actual printed (paper) diagrams. |
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> It'd be nice to include (graphical colors) |
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> that shows wireless, cat(5), fiber and |
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> POE segments in different colors, even if |
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> I have to manually edit what a software |
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> tool cannot distinguish within it's features. |
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> BISCI, RCDD, TIA, NEC and any other related |
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> standards or regulatory (regardless of country) |
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> types of related issues and support |
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> are of interest, but not necessary for a |
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> general response and discussion. |
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> Hopefully the industry has move passed creating |
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> much of these sorts of materials, uniquely by hand, |
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> using Autocad? |
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> All comments and suggestions are welcome. |
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> Templates are most welcome! |
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To my knowledge, Dia is the most common Linux answer to Microsoft |
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Visio, and sounds somewhat close to what you're looking for. |
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I'd *love* to see a tool that sniffs the network and tries to build a |
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visible topology graph, though... |
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:wq |
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