Where are the IT guys at?

**Rawr** · 07-21-11, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by jmw_man

I'm not all that familiar with Microsoft Visio but I think we have that. Though, it was my understanding that Visio was a visualization tool. I found one network diagram software that was high priced (on sale for 30 grand) but uses Visio to display the diagrams. I'll have to look into Visio, thanks for the tip!

Visio isn't my favorite but it does work alright. Also if you map things properly with some of their more advanced tools you can take the visual representation and automagically export it to Access, which is pretty neat.

**jmw_man** · 07-21-11, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Warprosper

Dia Portable is good for being free

Dia Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives

I'm not exactly sure what this does... I tried downloading it anyways and when I tried running it, it wouldn't do anything, would just receive an error message saying that diaw.exe has stopped working.

**WileECyte** · 07-22-11, 12:28 PM

There's plenty of free widget kits for diagramming networks. Most of the fancy network diagram programs basically take a list of devices and their interconnection and then render it in Visio. Port 1 of Switch A connects to Port 3 of Router B... etc

**WileECyte** · 07-22-11, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by jmw_man

I'm not exactly sure what this does... I tried downloading it anyways and when I tried running it, it wouldn't do anything, would just receive an error message saying that diaw.exe has stopped working.

Dia is a free diagramming tool like Visio. If you have Visio, it's likely your better bet.