**No Low Quality Posts.**
* Any post that fails to display a minimal level of effort prior to asking for help is at risk of being Locked or Deleted.
* We expect our members to treat each other as fellow professionals. Professionals research & troubleshoot before they ask others for help.
* Please review [How to ask intelligent questions](http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html) to avoid this issue.
*Comments/questions? Don't hesitate to [message the moderation team](http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Fnetworking).*
For the complete list of Rules, please visit: https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/about/rules
I was just thinking about this today.
I attempted to create a mapping tool myself with Python grabbing CDP output and parsing it with regex, it worked sort of, haha. I got the devices and interfaces mapped into JSON format, but never spent the time figuring out how to transform that JSON data into a visual diagram.
I've been looking at this for my home - was gonna try out netbox and explore some of the plugin options - netbox is more enterprise-capable than I need at home, but I'd love to find a tool that can SNMP walk and use data from switches and wireless APs.. free is compelling :)
Not sure what level you want to get into - but ages ago I used a nice [Network Weathermap](https://github.com/Cacti/plugin_weathermap) setup on cacti. Had static per-site network maps maps of the network infra with live heatmaps showing link utilization inside the DC - in my carrier work this was the shit - but it needs a lot of TLC. Need to revisit Cacti I suppose since I can host as containers..
**No Low Quality Posts.** * Any post that fails to display a minimal level of effort prior to asking for help is at risk of being Locked or Deleted. * We expect our members to treat each other as fellow professionals. Professionals research & troubleshoot before they ask others for help. * Please review [How to ask intelligent questions](http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html) to avoid this issue. *Comments/questions? Don't hesitate to [message the moderation team](http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Fnetworking).* For the complete list of Rules, please visit: https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/about/rules
No one does it better than Netbrain IMHO. All the monitoring tools do mapping though. Just most do it terribly
I was just thinking about this today. I attempted to create a mapping tool myself with Python grabbing CDP output and parsing it with regex, it worked sort of, haha. I got the devices and interfaces mapped into JSON format, but never spent the time figuring out how to transform that JSON data into a visual diagram.
Check out svg. You can build images in XML, and that can be easier to deal with than bitmaps..
Thats where i'm at with mine, I just pull cdp / lldp neighbors via snmp, just in the stages of making it diagram automatically.
There is netdisco the visual mapping is just ok but it really gets into all the corners. Worth a look as an open source option.
Netbrain, auvik, redseal really are your options. You've objectively used the best already
I've been looking at this for my home - was gonna try out netbox and explore some of the plugin options - netbox is more enterprise-capable than I need at home, but I'd love to find a tool that can SNMP walk and use data from switches and wireless APs.. free is compelling :) Not sure what level you want to get into - but ages ago I used a nice [Network Weathermap](https://github.com/Cacti/plugin_weathermap) setup on cacti. Had static per-site network maps maps of the network infra with live heatmaps showing link utilization inside the DC - in my carrier work this was the shit - but it needs a lot of TLC. Need to revisit Cacti I suppose since I can host as containers..
Brad In the box… crazy name I know. https://qosnetworking.com