Comments on: Network Diagram http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/ chown -R us ./base Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:54:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: adama http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/comment-page-1/#comment-3191 adama Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:05:42 +0000 http://www.fr3d.org/2006/10/network-diagram/#comment-3191 Visio is lovely, and easily the best diagramming/flowcharting software around. It really annoys me that there are no free alternatives, but that's just the way it is. Visio has normal network icons too, but it also has more "executive" pictures. Cisco provide a pack of the icons they use in their own documentation for Visio. Visio is lovely, and easily the best diagramming/flowcharting software around. It really annoys me that there are no free alternatives, but that’s just the way it is.

Visio has normal network icons too, but it also has more “executive” pictures. Cisco provide a pack of the icons they use in their own documentation for Visio.

]]> By: Andre http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/comment-page-1/#comment-3154 Andre Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:59:53 +0000 http://www.fr3d.org/2006/10/network-diagram/#comment-3154 I don't like these "fancy" diagrams as all network component icons might look like the real product case design but do not represent the function of the network component - at least it is not unambigous. So you have to write "router" or "switch" etc additional to the component... so this is just eye candy but not really useful... (sorry, i'm not an english speaker) I don’t like these “fancy” diagrams as all network component icons might look like the real product case design but do not represent the function of the network component – at least it is not unambigous. So you have to write “router” or “switch” etc additional to the component… so this is just eye candy but not really useful… (sorry, i’m not an english speaker)

]]> By: Fr3d http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Fr3d Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:40:52 +0000 http://www.fr3d.org/2006/10/network-diagram/#comment-342 They were only supposed to be "pretty" diagrams - If I was going to do one for a whole server rack (or more than one) of course I would use something more standardized, but that wasn't the point in this case. Thanks for the link though - I'll have a look at DIA later :) They were only supposed to be “pretty” diagrams – If I was going to do one for a whole server rack (or more than one) of course I would use something more standardized, but that wasn’t the point in this case.

Thanks for the link though – I’ll have a look at DIA later :)

]]> By: My name is not important http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/comment-page-1/#comment-337 My name is not important Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:08:32 +0000 http://www.fr3d.org/2006/10/network-diagram/#comment-337 Although Visio does "pretty" diagrams, there not really all that useful for real world purposes because they don't use standardised pictograms. they're not all that useful for communicating network structure where it matters (in a business environment) DIA is an excellent open source tool for creating useful network diagrams: http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ Although Visio does “pretty” diagrams, there not really all that useful for real world purposes because they don’t use standardised pictograms. they’re not all that useful for communicating network structure where it matters (in a business environment)

DIA is an excellent open source tool for creating useful network diagrams:

http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/

]]> By: William Hook http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/comment-page-1/#comment-331 William Hook Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:51:14 +0000 http://www.fr3d.org/2006/10/network-diagram/#comment-331 Holy shit. No wonder you never tell anyone where you live - you'd get robbed within a day! LOL. Holy shit. No wonder you never tell anyone where you live – you’d get robbed within a day! LOL.

]]> By: Fr3d http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Fr3d Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:04:04 +0000 http://www.fr3d.org/2006/10/network-diagram/#comment-255 Well I get Visio free from my university, so why not try it out? :P Anyway, there are no open-source/free alternatives that I know of. Well I get Visio free from my university, so why not try it out? :P

Anyway, there are no open-source/free alternatives that I know of.

]]> By: Hippy http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Hippy Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:53:49 +0000 http://www.fr3d.org/2006/10/network-diagram/#comment-254 Bah using a Microsoft product, tsk tsk :P Bah using a Microsoft product, tsk tsk :P

]]> By: Fr3d http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Fr3d Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:36:56 +0000 http://www.fr3d.org/2006/10/network-diagram/#comment-252 I used Microsoft Visio 2003 - On startup there's a wizard-type thing of the various types of diagrams you can create; I just picked the Network Diagram one :) I used Microsoft Visio 2003 – On startup there’s a wizard-type thing of the various types of diagrams you can create; I just picked the Network Diagram one :)

]]> By: Luke http://www.fr3d.org/blog/network-diagram/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Luke Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:45:25 +0000 http://www.fr3d.org/2006/10/network-diagram/#comment-250 Hey, I love these diagrams. Last time I drew a network diagram, I was using <em>Dia</em> and it ended up looking like butt. What do you use to draw these? Cause they look really nice! Hey, I love these diagrams. Last time I drew a network diagram, I was using Dia and it ended up looking like butt.

What do you use to draw these? Cause they look really nice!

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