Tag Archives: network maps
Movies that Desperately Needed Network Diagrams
By Jason Sherman - August 6, 2018Sometimes, we all want to see the kind of work we do up on the big silver screen. Although the life of a network engineer isn’t as glamorous as say, the life of an international spy….we still have those dramatic moments at work from time to time (hey: I’m sure there were some Hollywood-worthy lines…
Learn MoreWhen You Can’t Google the Network
By Jason Sherman - April 3, 2018Need to find an answer to your network question quickly? How would you find it? These days, we’re used to being able to get the answers to our questions in seconds (thanks, Google). Need to know where the nearest Indian restaurant is when you’re driving through the middle of nowhere (this happened to me recently)….?…
Learn MoreManage Your Outside Plant with Dynamic Maps (Intro)
By Jan Durnhofer - March 15, 2018Need an easier way to document and map your fiber backbone? netTerrain OSP*, our outside plant management platform, is used by our customers to manage their inside and outside plants — from fiber splices to manholes to GIS-enabled street views (with 6-decimal precision) all the way to fiber patch panels inside buildings. This blog series…
Learn MoreHow to Instantly Access Any Device in your Network, from Anywhere
By Jason Sherman - April 20, 2017netTerrain offers network documentation features that saves time and hassle. One such feature is the netTerrain IP toolset: it’s a convenient utility that helps network engineers to easily connect to a device without having to remember all the details of the connection. For example: you are looking at your network documentation. You see a device…
Learn MoreNetwork Documentation Hacks (& Real Solutions)
By Hannah Ash - March 6, 2017From Wikis to Bob’s Brain: 10 Real Life Network Documentation Hacks & How to Do it Right We’ve seen and heard it all. At this point, our team has been entrenched in network documentation for decades…it’s safe to say we’ve seen and heard (almost) all of the most creative network documentation hacks that overtasked engineers…
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