How to provide network diagrams

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If you are not running zabbix with its wonderful network maps, you can provide your network maps created with other alternative solutions:

  1. ASCII-Art:
    … like this…
  WAN / Internet
        :
        : DialUp-/PPPoE-/Cable-/whatever-Provider
        :
  .-----+-----.
  |  Gateway  |  (or Router, CableModem, whatever)
  '-----+-----'
        | 10.0.0.1/24
    WAN | 
        |
  .-----:------.
  |  Firewall  +-------.
  |  (Bridge)  |       |
  '-----:------'       | 
        |              | 10.0.0.253/24
    LAN |         MGMT | management interface
        |              |
  .-----+------.       |
  | LAN-Switch +-------'
  '-----+------'
        |
...-----+------... (Clients/Servers)

…using such online generators:

  1. Flowchart via draw.io
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    https://app.diagrams.net
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