Network topology diagram

Network topology diagram drawing tool:

VISIO: Network Diagram. But with a limited template (Graphics template Library), you can download templates from the Web. Cisco Networking Products (the most widely used), Siemon cabling products, and HP (COMPAQ) server products have their own free library downloads, which are updated as the product is upgraded.

Edraw : Learn Cisco, drawing a network topology that contains Cisco devices with "Edraw". The interface is very similar to Visio.
Fpinger (Friendly pinger): is a convenient and practical network management software, through the software to achieve easy and accurate network failure monitoring, tracking, detection, etc., to ensure that the network unblocked. At the same time the software is a convenient network topology diagram production software, in the software to create a complete electronic topology map, analysis of network failures, daily maintenance, increase or decrease equipment is more intuitive and convenient. Friendly pinger no fear of the large network, the network can also be classified, nested in a way to integrate in a single icon, through the system monitoring, if the problem is found, the top left corner of the software shows a warning. The software can easily implement the route tracking, Ping and other commands through the topology diagram of Shanghai, and intuitively understand the overall network status.

SmartDraw:

Third, Visio
Gallery (called Shape Library) expansion
1. Product Gallery for equipment manufacturers
Some of the larger equipment manufacturers, will be their own product shape, panel production to meet the Visio standards of the library, for users to download for free.
Cisco networking products, Siemon cabling products, and HP (COMPAQ) server products, which are widely used in our schools, have their own free library downloads, which are updated as the product is upgraded.
2. Third-party Business gallery
There are many professional companies for the industry needs, the production of Visio-compliant galleries for sale, such as chemical, biomedical, it technology and other industries. These commercial galleries are generally not free, but will provide a trial package.
3. Free Gallery for third parties
There are many individuals and groups that create a Visio-compliant gallery for sharing in a specific area, which is uneven in quantity and quality, requires a combination of its own, and uses the shape management capabilities of Visio to make the package that suits you best.
4. Develop yourself
Microsoft provides Visio library development tools for Visio ShapeStudio, which can be downloaded for free, along with a development tutorial. After all, their own development is difficult, and generally in other ways really difficult to meet the requirements. If you have developed, if not as a commercial product, you may want to participate in the online sharing community, let the global users share your results.

Iv. Collect and organize your own gallery
If you collect a lot of libraries from different sources, you may need only a few of them in each library, and you can organize your own custom libraries into----favorites. vss
, you can later reload or upgrade Visio as long as you keep your favorites. vss.

1. Open the Favorites folder
Click menu [File]--->[shape]--->[my shape]--->[favorites]
2. Find the Favorites File
Click menu [File]--->[shape]--->[my shape]--->[organize my shapes] and find the file:
[C:\Documents and Settings\ user name \my Documents\ my Shapes \ Favorites. vss]
3. Collection to the search and possession folder
Copy-paste the individual shapes you want to collect on the other gallery panel to the Favorites panel.
4. Save Favorite Folders
Click the right mouse button of the [Favorites] panel title and select [Save As (A) ...] in the right-click menu. You can save your favorites to a file.

Hand drawing topology Diagram

Mainly used for artboard communication

When you insert a Visio diagram in Word, the diagram in Word automatically updates when you make the Visio file outside, what options are selected when you insert it?
In Word, you can use the object join and Embed (OLE) method, in the menu [Insert-Object-created by file], and locate the VSD file. When embedded as an object, the Visio source diagram becomes part of Word and can be modified later. Readers do not have Visio installed, or they can view Word files that contain VSD, and it is easy to distribute them.

Network topology diagram