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--- netmap [2012/09/18 11:08]
bredal [Netmap - the network weather map]
+++ netmap [2012/09/18 11:33]
bredal [Map]
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 ===== Brief user guide=====
-The netmap is available from the toolbox. Clicking it will redirect you to the javascript netmap application.
+The netmap is available from the toolbox.
-The page starts with loading the javascript application (big loading spinner, keeps spinning until it has loaded its required resources. This will go for the next times you visit netmap, as the resources will then be cached in your browser.).
-The spinner will decrease in size when the javascript application is loaded and it starts "running the application" and continue to load the network topology information.
-The first thing you'll see is that the navigation menu on the left side is loaded, and soon after the network topology graph pops up. Depending on your loading a view with fixed nodes or not, the layout algorithm will do it's work and position nodes as good as making the nodes not collide.
-Your presented with two navigation bars, one on each side of your screen that you can toggle by clicking the "<<" or ">>" links. You can toggle fullscreen with CTRL+SHIFT+F which toggles both sidebars and NAV's footer and header.
-In the center your presented with the network topology map it self.
-The load colors on edges represent load based on the link's capacity, and the link's weight represents a few static categories of link speeds. (0-100, 100-512,512-2048,2048-4096,>4096 Mbit/s)
-Using the traffic gradient popup can help you tell the load % without having to click on a link to read it's traffic data.
+Netmap consists of two navigation bars, one on each side of the screen, and the map itself. The navigation bars can be toggled by clicking the "<<" or ">>" links.  You can toggle fullscreen with CTRL+SHIFT+F.
+The load colors((Click "Show gradient" to get an overview of what the colors indicate)) on edges represent traffic load based on the link's capacity, and the link's thickness represents the link speed.
 ==== Map ====
-Nodes and be drag and dropped and positioned to your liking. When a view is saved, it will save current zoom/scale, position of the map, active network topology layer, categories (orphan filter) as meta data to it's view.
+  * Nodes can be positioned to your liking by clicking and dragging it.
-Nodes get fixed and auto selected automagically after a drag and drop. In the netbox view you have an option to easily uncheck it again if you want to.
+  * To view information about a node or a link, just click on it.
+  * You may zoom the map by using the scroll-wheel on your mouse.

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