[TriLUG] (Favorite) network diagramming tool?

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Tue Oct 16 21:30:12 EDT 2001


On Tuesday 16 October 2001 21:05, you wrote:
> Dr. Kowalski,
>
> > Do you have any suggestions for (or what's your favorite) network
> > diagramming tool?
>

> I've got Visio Technical and find it to be "the tool" to use when I
> document network infrastructures or propose changes.  It will also export
> diagrams to JPG format so when you send out diagrams the recipients don't
> need to have Visio or any other proprietary software to read the
> diagrams.
>
> There are some open source projects trying to bring this sort of
> functionality to Linux but everything I've seen is pretty early along in
> development and not conducive to getting the job done yet.
>
I find that "dia" works just fine for me - but you know... nothing beats a 
good ASCII diagram for shuttling specs around via email.  For fancy 
presentations, I'll create a jpg using PaintShop Pro.

Jon



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