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At 02:16 PM 11/20/2002 -0800, you wrote:
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- >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, November 20, 2002 >>>
- Once upon a time I used NetViz
- It was amazing in that it let you create "dig down"
- projects that could be saved as HTML with image maps.
- So you could link them directly into your documentation
- pages. You could also put "pop-up" text boxes into the
- images.
- It was specifically designed for doing network diagrams and
- had a wide array of CAD-CAM quality objects such as servers,
- routers, racks, cabinets, and such. So you could even get
- down to the PCI cards on the back of a server and each
- network interface they connected too.
- On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 10:59, Matthew Reed wrote:
- > Jeff,
- >
- > Use whatever works for you - in the early days I used Windows PAINT to draw
- > networks because it was free and could do better boxes, circles, fills and
- > lines FASTER than I could do them freehand.
- >
- > WUG maps are very handy. AND you are correct - having the two maps
- > together can save time when you need to publish something quickly.
- >
- > Visio is like Paint, only with nitrous oxide and leather seating. I use it
- > for many diagrams.
- >
- > Good luck.
- >
- > > I use WUG to diagram my network layout. I even use it to map out the
- > > location of equipment (i.e.. PC, printers). That way I have both
- > monitoring
- > > and a physical map tied together. When I change one they are both
- > updated.
- > > Drawing the floor plan was the only hard part.
- > >
- > > I need to update my wiring maps. There has been a lot of changes
- > > (additions) lately. Right now our maps are by hand in a note book. This
- > > makes them hard to read and difficult to get out to the people that need
- > > them. So
- > >
- > > So how are others mapping their wire? I don't think WUG should be used
- > for
- > > this, but short of Visio I don't have any ideas.
- > >
- > > Thanks for any input, and sorry for a slight off topic.
- > >
- > > Jeff Cook
- > > IT Technician
- > > Whatcom Educational Credit Union
- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
