Network Topology Diagrams

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TR

• May 03, 2022 18:03

Ideally we would be able to visualize all the Firewalla boxes and their networks/VPNs in a simple network diagram at the push of a button. This is something we spend a lot of time developing internally with the current configuration.  

How difficult is it to show the relationships between boxes and networks in a Visio style output?  Simple is fine, We just need to be able to rapidly visualize the network as we go.

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  LoRdNeX

  • May 09, 2022 08:53

  This would be wonderful and I love your diagram. But I doubt they have the back end to be able to support and topological map creation on. The push of a button. You’d be lucky to get a relationship flow similar to a Zigbee mesh topology. It can be done. But the resources and software that would take I think would require it to be a separate feature and add on. Just my 2cp and ice worked on several very large designs similar to yours. Even back with HPOpenview, it took a lot of manual design and layout to get it to look that nice and filled out.

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  Firewalla

  • May 09, 2022 16:07

  Firewalla can only see upstream and also downstream devices, or whatever is physically connected. So you have that view already under the devices tree. 

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  Michael Bierman

  • May 09, 2022 19:17

  Agree with LoRdNeX. Unifi does a really good job but only when you use their switches and APs so they can try to figure out the topology. Anytime you use other equipment their topology map fails to some extent.

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  TR

  • May 13, 2022 04:42
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  Okay @Firewalla, how about a compromise to make a sys admin's life a little easier? It would be very useful if I could simply export all device and network data into a csv or copy it onto my clipboard. At least then we'd eliminate most of the human error from the equation. I can then build the architecture from the list.

  I am working with the API to develop this capability, but it might be useful to have in the UI as well.  

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