Visio training for Network Diagrams
mguy
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Hi guys!
Do you have any recommended training for creating Network diagrams using Microsoft Visio?
I have no experience in creating diagrams and need to get up to speed. I've looked at some and it seems like the paid classes offer more than just networking; I am looking at just understanding networking diagrams.
How did you get into creating diagrams?
Do you have any recommended training for creating Network diagrams using Microsoft Visio?
I have no experience in creating diagrams and need to get up to speed. I've looked at some and it seems like the paid classes offer more than just networking; I am looking at just understanding networking diagrams.
How did you get into creating diagrams?
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cmitchell_00
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You can use this Youtube link to help if your'e a newbie and there is other videos out there too (copy/paste link). Microsoft Visio Tutorial - Video 1 of 3 Introduction - YouTube
I hope this can help and do some basic setup's while gathering other stencils from the web will give you all the experience you'll need.
Visio 2010 Campus Network Physical Diagram Part 3 - Add Layers and Stencils - YouTube -
m3zilla
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IMO, I think training to create network diagram is a waste of money. Visio is a simple enough tool, that if you're in the networking industry, you're smart enough to figure out how to use it.
Personally, I start out with the core of my network, then I branch out and create a rough draft just to see how everything connects. Once that's done, I clean it up, and make it look pretty/organize. Also, separate out your physical and logical topology. You don't need every single piece of equipment (for example, L2 access switches) on a logical diagram. -
mguy
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cmitchell_00 wrote: »You can use this Youtube link to help if your'e a newbie and there is other videos out there too (copy/paste link). Microsoft Visio Tutorial - Video 1 of 3 Introduction - YouTube
I hope this can help and do some basic setup's while gathering other stencils from the web will give you all the experience you'll need.
Visio 2010 Campus Network Physical Diagram Part 3 - Add Layers and Stencils - YouTube
The first link I couldn't take that woman's voice/accent
The second link is pretty good! I'm on the second video now (you have to do it in sequence). I can already see how it will be beneficial! -
sieff
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I would not pay to learn Visio. I got better by looking at other engineers diagrams and also by looking at diagrams in Cisco Press books, as well as using google image searches. Collecting a good number of stencils from different vendors and technologies is also a good start. Practice, practice, practice..."The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept were toiling upward in the night." from the poem: The Ladder of St. Augustine, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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docrice
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Learning to use Visio is kind of like learning to use Word or Excel. Just put some effort into it and you'll mature your ability to create useful diagrams.
http://www.ratemynetworkdiagram.com/index2.phpHopefully-useful stuff I've written: http://kimiushida.com/bitsandpieces/articles/ -
VAHokie56
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I would not pay to learn Visio. I got better by looking at other engineers diagrams and also by looking at diagrams in Cisco Press books, as well as using google image searches. Collecting a good number of stencils from different vendors and technologies is also a good start. Practice, practice, practice...
sieff hit the nail on the head ...just explore a little in Google if your shop does not already have a bunch on a share or something. The more you do it the more comfortable you get. I never once took a class and I create all of ours for the enterprise, I actually find it pretty fun
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