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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was wondering what people are using these days for network diagramming tools for design / scribbling network maps for possible layouts instead of using a pen and napkin?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I want to be able to quickly mud-map diagrams up without having to heavily invest my time with Visio or something like that.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can some of you please volunteer your favourite network-scribbling tools (Preferable Open Source/Free but paid ones are appropriate, too, if they cut the mustard).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll volunteer a tool that I was discussing with several people at AusNOG on Thursday/Friday since several people thought it was pretty cool and hadn’t heard of it yet.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For Live Updates from CACTI/MRTG Graphing We’re currently using NETWORK WEATHERMAP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.network-weathermap.com/gallery">http://www.network-weathermap.com/gallery</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is great to have on a heads-up display to give a quick overview of immediate health / congestion for the wall of your NOC.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Certainly not the be-all and end-all but definitely good to have when you need it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The easiest way to install it is to run CactiEZ which is a bundled OS, plus cacti, plus a whole bunch of common plugins.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://cactiez.cactiusers.org/">http://cactiez.cactiusers.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All you need is a server, cactiEZ, SNMP 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