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Standard Set of Network Diagram Icons?

Cerebus asks: "I'm taking over administrative and management functions for a network, and one of the tasks is, of course, providing accurate diagrams for the whole shebang. In playing with various tools for this (Dia, Visio, Kvivio, xfig, tgif, etc). I've noticed that each package has it's own idea about what abstract icon to use for various devices (what Visio would call "logical" icons). While there is some overlap, the meaning attached to an icon is sometimes different between applications, and what's worse is that (using the example of Visio) the same application has multiple different icons for the same type of device! Is there any kind of standard for network diagram iconography? Should there be?"

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  1. Try this page at cisco by biohazard99 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Cisco Icons, assuming you trust cisco.

  2. Already had this before.... by Cmdr.+Marille · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well,
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    I post all night and karma whore all day
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    karma whoring deluxe link to previous post:
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    the whole article:
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  3. ISO by VA+Software · · Score: 5, Informative

    The International Organization for Standardization deals with standards. Try

    ISO 5807:1985

    Information processing -- Documentation symbols and conventions for data, program and system flowcharts, program network charts and system resources charts

    Looks like it will cost you $60 though.

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