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Neil Jones wrote:
> I am being tasked to map a network. In the past I have used nmap to
> find the systems on the local LAN and remote LANs (same enterprise).
>
> This time I want to create a visual map of the LAN. With cheops, I
> reasonably good results but cannot be documented for managers with
> certainty. What are some good tools now that will create visual maps of
> the networks?
>
> What is the best way to map a network when ICMP echo has been turned off?

I have tried some network visualization tools with some fancy auto
detection features and ended up drawing the maps by hand.
I have used several tools for this staring from visio and dia, but
finally I ended up using Graphviz.
Using some simple makefiles I can assemble a customized .dot file from
different locations including more or less informations - and it is easy
to keep it under CVS, because its only text. And you can add some nodes
using vi over a slow connection.

As far as I remember there are some scripts around that generate a .dot
file from the nmap output.

Maybe you should give it a try
It may take some time to start up, but it may be worth investigating
some effort.

> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> NJ

Regards
Klaus


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Klaus Zerwes
http://zero-sys.net

On Sep 16, 1:27*pm, Klaus Zerwes <kzer...@web.de> wrote:
> Neil Jones wrote:
> > I am being tasked to map a network. *In the past I have used nmap to
> > find the systems on the local LAN and remote LANs (same enterprise).
>
> > This time I want to create a visual map of the LAN. *With cheops, I
> > reasonably good results but cannot be documented for managers with
> > certainty. What are some good tools now that will create visual maps of
> > the networks?
>
> > What is the best way to map a network when ICMP echo has been turned off?
>
> I have tried some network visualization tools with some fancy auto
> detection features and ended up drawing the maps by hand.
> I have used several tools for this staring from visio and dia, but
> finally I ended up using Graphviz.
> Using some simple makefiles I can assemble a customized .dot file from
> different locations including more or less informations - and it is easy
> to keep it under CVS, because its only text. And you can add some nodes
> using vi over a slow connection.
>
> As far as I remember there are some scripts around that generate a .dot
> file from the nmap output.
>
> Maybe you should give it a try
> It may take some time to start up, but it may be worth investigating
> some effort.
>
> > Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> > NJ
>
> Regards
> Klaus
>
> --
> Klaus Zerweshttp://zero-sys.net

You could do worse than look at:

http://www.networknotepad.com/index.htm

Al wrote:
[...]
> You could do worse than look at:
>
> http://www.networknotepad.com/index.htm

I could nearly do nothing worser


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Klaus Zerwes
http://www.zero-sys.net