glen@aecom.YU.EDU (Glen M. Marianko) (03/24/89)
I'm looking for a graphical software package that would allow me to
document pictorially the layout of a local area internetwork,
showing with lines and boxes the connections between nodes, gateways
and brides. Something like drawing it on paper, but "smart" in that
if I move a segment, all the nodes on it follow. Maybe it could
even use the services on the cable, like a nameserver, to fill in
the blanks about individual nodes w/o having to maintain dual databases.
My environment is primarily ethernet, with some localtalk - however
it should be generic enough to display any network topology. The
primary protocols on the wire are TCP/IP, Appletalk and Novell SPX.
Now, I have seen some products that offer something like this, but
they are often combined with other features I don't need/want.
Example: Proteon's SNMP management station - give me the mapping,
keep the SNMP for now. Or, HP's new product recently demoed at
Interface '89 in NY where you sprinkle $8K boxes around your net
and get a picture as well as statistics - keep the stats, gimme
the picture.
Anything just pictures out there (no MacDraw or PC Paintbrush or
good 'ole paper suggestions please)?
-- Glen Marianko
glen@aecom.yu.edu