Net Work Mapping / Topographic Software??
Hi all!
Quick, probably easy question, (especailly for @Tankbot), In Tankbot's submission for the rack comp, found here: https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/18333572629267/comments/18367957519123
he has a network map. Can anyway tell me what that software is??? Does it automatically populate (from SNMP or other) and can you use it to manual plan and monitor the network?!?!
Also, in additional to what he is using, does anyone have any recommendations, thoughts, experiences, comments, etc on software that will do that? With a focus on secure (must be run on prem NOT cloud, etc.
Cheers for your thoughts
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I've seen some software for the enterprise that was claimed to be able to automatically create such a map, but when I talked to people who had tried it, they said it still required a fair bit of manual tweaking.
Many people use Visio for this type of map. I've used it in the past and it worked ok. More recently, some of my co-workers are using draw.io, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet. https://app.diagrams.net/ It's supposed to be quite useful.
You could look at Racktables too. It's probably overkill for what you want though. https://www.racktables.org/ There are other CMDB applications out there as well, but most of them aren't free.
I actually did a trial of Device42 some years ago at a previous job. It claimed to be able to do autodiscovery, but it didn't really work for me. The salespeople turned out to be extremely annoying, so I wasn't inclined to put too much effort into figuring out what was needed to set it up properly. https://www.device42.com/
I also looked at Ralph and liked it. One of our devs really liked it too, and she took it on as a project and extended and customized it for our use. https://ralph.allegro.tech/ It's been 6 years since I moved on from that job, so I don't remember all the details of what she changed. Ralph is free, so you wouldn't need to invest more than some time. I think it's more capable than Racktables, but also more complex to setup.
Personally, I'd probably just try creating a diagram using draw.io or with Visio if you own a license. It's going to be a bit of a pain getting it all setup and the way you like it, but after that it's just a matter of updating it if you make any changes, add devices, etc. I think it would be less involved than setting up some kind of CMDB or other mapping software on your network.
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