Re: [tlug] OSS network visualization software, WAS: [Semi-OT] Network connectivity diagnosis

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 31 January 2010 06:24, Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com> wrote:

> On 2010-01-28 13:32 -0500 (Thu), Patrick Bernier wrote:
>
>> I need something that will let me:
>>   [Long list of requirements deleted.]
>
> You may simply want to reconsider your working and documentation style.
[...]
> What I've found works best for me is to design (or use an existing) text
> format [...]
> I then use scripts and graphing tools of various sorts of massage the
> data so that I can view it in different ways and try to understand
> it better. I'll have various reporting tools that give me summaries,
> details and different views in textual formats, further tools that
> produce output suitable for programs such as graphviz to draw pictures
> from, and so on.

This is an unbelievably good idea, and I cannot believe that I hadn't
thought of it! (Being serious, for once.)

Thanks,
Curt!

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Cheers,
Josh