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    Network map creation software?

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      antillie
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      Visio is the fist thing that comes to mind for me as well.

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        Supermule Banned
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        I use Visio 2013 :)

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        • BBcan177B
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          You can also use Libre Draw… and its free and not MS BS!!  ;)

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            Guest
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            I think Dia is what your looking for:

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

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              Guest
              last edited by

              Commercial:
              MS Visio (Windows)
              SmartDraw

              Freeware:
              Dia (Windows, Linux)
              LuidChart (Online)

              Free for private usage & commercial for business:
              yEd Graph Editor (Windows, Linux, MacOS)

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                davids355
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                Thanks guys for all of the options!
                I have tried a few but I like the look of Lucidchart.

                I have drawn my map on paper so going to try and put it into electronic format later today.

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                • johnpozJ
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                  don't forget http://www.gliffy.com/ for online stuff as well.

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                    davids355
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                    Yes Gliffy is a really good one I have used that in the past.

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                      +1 to Gliffy and Dia

                      Visio is nice, but it's expensive/heavy and of course Microsoft-based and all that implies.

                      Google Drawings is supposed to support network digrams but I've not tried it.

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                      • DerelictD
                        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                        I use OmniGraffle.

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                          A little update since I stumbled upon something good recently:

                          Using LibreOffice Draw and the VRT Network Equipment shape set is great. The shapes are open source, available as a LibreOffice extension, and they have a decent license which includes an exception from the attribution clause for their intended use (meaning you don't have to put their name/link on all your diagrams)

                          My main nitpick is that connector placement/adjustment in LibreOffice Draw isn't as good as Visio, but things can still be tweaked into acceptable places.

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