Can anyone refresh me as to what the diagram system that the Juniper guy was using was? <br>I seem to recall him calling it karanden or something like that..<br><br>Personally for showing active links etc (similar to the Network Weathermap) I use 'The Dude' ( <a href="http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php" target="_blank">http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php</a>
) which is a free software, comes with its share of limitations but is
pretty feature rich and has a relatively simple learning curve. Software
runsunder Windows or Wine but has a web interface for viewing too.
(See <a href="http://imgur.com/gdrRm" target="_blank">http://imgur.com/gdrRm</a> for a simple example map)<br>
<br>That said I'd love to find something decent for providing that sort of visibility that's open source and relatively new.<br><br><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(136, 136, 136)"><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 September 2011 13:20, Sean K. Finn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sean.finn@ozservers.com.au">sean.finn@ozservers.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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?<u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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).<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">For Live Updates from CACTI/MRTG Graphing We’re currently using NETWORK WEATHERMAP<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.network-weathermap.com/gallery" target="_blank">http://www.network-weathermap.com/gallery</a><u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Certainly not the be-all and end-all but definitely good to have when you need it.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://cactiez.cactiusers.org/" target="_blank">http://cactiez.cactiusers.org/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All you need is a server, cactiEZ, SNMP enabled on your network, and a few hours and you are up and running.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sean.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-AU"><hr style="color:#D0D3DD" noshade size="1" width="100%" align="center">
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