Re: [Hampshire] Diagram tool for network wiring?

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Author: Jay Bennie
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To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk User Group
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Diagram tool for network wiring?
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On 27 Nov 2014, at 20:37, Chris Dennis <cgdennis@???> wrote:

> Hello folks
>
> Can anyone suggest a linuxy tool for drawing a diagram of a local area network?
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> I want to be able to represent cables, sockets, switches, computers etc.
>
> That's straightforward in itself, but I also want to show that there are six cables entering the trunking by the switch, 2 cables branch out to sockets, and 4 cables continue in a different bit of trunking that disappears down to the floor below... etc. Lots of awkward stuff like that. And ideally in three dimensions. It quickly gets tedious trying to wrangle the lines in parallel groups.
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> I've tried with Yed and LibreOffice Draw, but it very quickly becomes unworkable.
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> Any ideas would be very welcome.
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> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
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