Re: LAN Drawing

From: Leon Heller (leon_heller_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 19:02:10 -0000

"Charles Edmondson" <edmondson@ieee.org> wrote in message
news:41dd6c11$1@news.cadence.com...
> J. B. Wood wrote:
>
>> Hello, all. Does anyone have a recommendation(s) for a drawing package
>> specifically for LAN (local area network) diagrams? I've been using
>> Paraben's LAN Charter but was wondering what else might be available.
>> I've also used MS PowerPoint but got tired of constructing my own
>> template
>> symbols for routers, hubs, switches, etc. (An artist I'm not). I find
>> The 3-D look of the Paraben product pleasing. Thanks for your time and
>> comment. Sincerely,
>>
>> John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail: wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil
>> Naval Research Laboratory
>> 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
>> Washington, DC 20375-5337
> I would second Jim's recommendation of Visio. They had special templates
> just for network design, including a lot of different manufacturers hubs,
> routers, switches, etc. It's been a few years since I did my last network
> design, but I used Visio exclusively, and everyone was very complimentary
> of the final documentation.

I agree. It's rather tedious to use (I think it was designed for morons),
but it gets the job done. We used it a lot for documentation where I used to
work.

Leon

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