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    • dafyreD
      dafyre
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      Dia is another good tool for this. I haven't used it in eons though.

      https://sourceforge.net/projects/dia-installer/

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender
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        @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

        m looking for something better than Visio for this task. Maybe something where I could even add cables, their numbers and

        Definitely not better, but I like it for my needs http://draw.io

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        • thwrT
          thwr
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          I know both. But they are just alternatives to Visio. Isn't there something more IT related?

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @thwr
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            @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

            I know both. But they are just alternatives to Visio. Isn't there something more IT related?

            Due to the expense, I've never looked. Draw.io gives me all I need.

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403
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              LibreOffice has Draw which has a lot of functionality too.. Simply to use and is free.

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              • travisdh1T
                travisdh1 @thwr
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                @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                I know both. But they are just alternatives to Visio. Isn't there something more IT related?

                So far as I know, it's all things like Visio.

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
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                  There are tools that will scan your network and create a map of sorts, but these are often less than useful.

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                  • thwrT
                    thwr
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                    Hmpf. I guess I will talk to our DC guys. They use some tool, I don't know which one, but I was told it is some special tool for rack and cable documentation.

                    I bet there is some open source tool that does the same job.

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                    • travisdh1T
                      travisdh1 @thwr
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                      @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                      Hmpf. I guess I will talk to our DC guys. They use some tool, I don't know which one, but I was told it is some special tool for rack and cable documentation.

                      I bet there is some open source tool that does the same job.

                      I'd love to find a good tool for this myself.

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                      • thwrT
                        thwr @travisdh1
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                        @travisdh1 said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                        @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                        Hmpf. I guess I will talk to our DC guys. They use some tool, I don't know which one, but I was told it is some special tool for rack and cable documentation.

                        I bet there is some open source tool that does the same job.

                        I'd love to find a good tool for this myself.

                        I will post the name and whatever I may find in the open source / low budget area. All you need to feed Google is often just a name.

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                        • dbeatoD
                          dbeato @Dashrender
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                          @dashrender said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                          @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                          I know both. But they are just alternatives to Visio. Isn't there something more IT related?

                          Due to the expense, I've never looked. Draw.io gives me all I need.

                          Just you need to load and save using another storage location which can become cumbersome at times.

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                          • Emad RE
                            Emad R @thwr
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                            @thwr

                            Check Pencil:

                            https://pencil.evolus.vn/Features.html

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch
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                              I just want to tour I can click a button or switch type a number of ports and they just put something on the goddamn street I hate Visio and dealing with specifics stencils and all the right things just give me some generic fucking pictures

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                                @jaredbusch said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                I just want to tour I can click a button or switch type a number of ports and they just put something on the goddamn street I hate Visio and dealing with specifics stencils and all the right things just give me some generic fucking pictures

                                While this is a siri nightmare sentence, I think I agree with JB's gist.

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                                • coliverC
                                  coliver @Dashrender
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                                  @dashrender said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                  @jaredbusch said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                  I just want to tour I can click a button or switch type a number of ports and they just put something on the goddamn street I hate Visio and dealing with specifics stencils and all the right things just give me some generic fucking pictures

                                  While this is a siri nightmare sentence, I think I agree with JB's gist.

                                  Haha I was wondering what was going on.

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                                  • thwrT
                                    thwr @JaredBusch
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                                    @jaredbusch said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                    I just want to tour I can click a button or switch type a number of ports and they just put something on the goddamn street I hate Visio and dealing with specifics stencils and all the right things just give me some generic fucking pictures

                                    ^ this

                                    Give me a few days, I'll have a meeting with the DC guys soon.

                                    But yes, I'm in the same boat: I would like to click on a VLAN label and see a list of all associated access ports. Or I want to click on a cable and see the patch field number. Can't be this hard. There are some tools out there, like http://demo.racktables.org/ etc. But it looks a little bit like ... eye cancer 😉

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @thwr
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                                      @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                      @jaredbusch said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                      I just want to tour I can click a button or switch type a number of ports and they just put something on the goddamn street I hate Visio and dealing with specifics stencils and all the right things just give me some generic fucking pictures

                                      ^ this

                                      Give me a few days, I'll have a meeting with the DC guys soon.

                                      But yes, I'm in the same boat: I would like to click on a VLAN label and see a list of all associated access ports. Or I want to click on a cable and see the patch field number. Can't be this hard. There are some tools out there, like http://demo.racktables.org/ etc. But it looks a little bit like ... eye cancer 😉

                                      Sure, but I don't really consider that the same as Visio. That's like saying that notepad is the same as Word, one is a in general basic visual diagram solution, the other is an imbedded data mine with GUI to the data.

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                                      • thwrT
                                        thwr @Dashrender
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                                        @dashrender said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                        @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                        @jaredbusch said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                        I just want to tour I can click a button or switch type a number of ports and they just put something on the goddamn street I hate Visio and dealing with specifics stencils and all the right things just give me some generic fucking pictures

                                        ^ this

                                        Give me a few days, I'll have a meeting with the DC guys soon.

                                        But yes, I'm in the same boat: I would like to click on a VLAN label and see a list of all associated access ports. Or I want to click on a cable and see the patch field number. Can't be this hard. There are some tools out there, like http://demo.racktables.org/ etc. But it looks a little bit like ... eye cancer 😉

                                        Sure, but I don't really consider that the same as Visio. That's like saying that notepad is the same as Word, one is a in general basic visual diagram solution, the other is an imbedded data mine with GUI to the data.

                                        I've never asked for Visio or similar tools but everyone's way to document their cables and devices 🙂

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @thwr
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                                          @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                          @dashrender said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                          @thwr said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                          @jaredbusch said in Graphical network documentation tools:

                                          I just want to tour I can click a button or switch type a number of ports and they just put something on the goddamn street I hate Visio and dealing with specifics stencils and all the right things just give me some generic fucking pictures

                                          ^ this

                                          Give me a few days, I'll have a meeting with the DC guys soon.

                                          But yes, I'm in the same boat: I would like to click on a VLAN label and see a list of all associated access ports. Or I want to click on a cable and see the patch field number. Can't be this hard. There are some tools out there, like http://demo.racktables.org/ etc. But it looks a little bit like ... eye cancer 😉

                                          Sure, but I don't really consider that the same as Visio. That's like saying that notepad is the same as Word, one is a in general basic visual diagram solution, the other is an imbedded data mine with GUI to the data.

                                          I've never asked for Visio or similar tools but everyone's way to document their cables and devices 🙂

                                          lol I guess you did... but I don't know of many (any off hand) that have an interactive documentation solution like this.

                                          I know Spiceworks has a thing that kinda does this - but it sucks pretty bad and offers little if any ability to edit it to be more accurate.

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