how i can write a professional documentaion for big network

Question

I design a big network and i want to document my design in documentation . all thing swhitch, router, server and ip address ........ and i want to simulate it and draw it if anyone have a sample of documentaion to complex network system please provide me and please if you can Proposed to me some program to use it .

Answer 1

For programs, both Visio and Dia are fine candidates. But while you are at it, read also Documentation Writing for System Administrators (It is behind a paywall though).

Answer 2

If you're using a Mac, consider Omnigraffle for diagrams.

http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnigraffle/

Answer 3

Or if you'd prefer to use free software to do your documentation, try Dia; it has both Linux and Windows versions.

Answer 4

Look into Microsoft Visio, there are plenty of tutorials out there to learn how to use it.

Answer 5

Check out http://www.gliffy.com I've used this on big projects because it allows for collaborative work on the diagram.

Even if you dont have a team working on the drawing this is a really cool alternative to M$ Vi$io

Answer 6

The site is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but you can check out "Rate My Network Diagram" (http://www.ratemynetworkdiagram.com/index2.php) for many examples of all sorts of different networks.