From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Aug 12 14:26:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA14964 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:26:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from domino.primelink.com (domino.primelink.com [206.24.58.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA14956 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:26:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kbrown@teamhuber.com) From: kbrown@teamhuber.com Received: by domino.primelink.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.1 (569.2 2-6-1998)) id 8625665E.0075F89A ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:28:33 -0500 X-Lotus-FromDomain: HUBER & ASSOCIATES To: Todd Backman cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <8625665E.00757E29.00@domino.primelink.com> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:28:29 -0500 Subject: Re: Network Area Maps Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Two products come to mind intially... the first is Visio. It has M$ access database hooks, can assign serial number, ip address, mac address, and port information to each device/subdevice. Visio Network Equipment add-on is an additional set of networking specific components which has about everything under the sun. If you have a very diversified network, the add-on would probably bececome very valuable. Another product is NetCracker Designer by Advanced Visual Data. It is a much more expensive product, but also contains some animation features and is very specific about interconnecting devices. (It checks port types before it allows connections, asks for cabling lengths, etc..) It also allows you to place other user-specific information into each device. The company however is slow to aggressively support the product. I use both of these in my day to day work...and personally like Visio the best. The AVD product is impressive, but still in a learning phase. Todd Backman on 08/12/98 12:36:00 PM To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG cc: (bcc: Kevin Brown/Huber & Associates) Subject: Network Area Maps Does anyone have any recommendations on software for developing an Object Oriented Database for a visual Network Area Map? We have 6 POPs and I would like to have a Network Area Map with links to all locations (containing equipment, temperatures, software revision levels, etc...) Our 1 programmer is swamped and can't even think about starting on this for another 6-8 months. Thanks in advance... ===================================================================== Todd Backman (tbackman@corp.gulf.net) Network Engineering Team Leader Systems/POP Administration Gulf Coast Internet Company 1-800-444-INET To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message