Graphical Network map

[ACtheTROLL]

I need a network tool that shows a graphical representation of network connections
a sort of flowchart of the IP addresses the machines on the network are accessing.
currently I'm using
http://www.networkactiv.com/PIAFCTM.html
(in graphical packets mode)
but it's a little bit quirky ... and the refresh rate is a bit quick for what I want.

I've googled over a quite a time now ... sniffer pro is excellent ... but vv expensive as is colasoft

[Lil O'lady]

Would a standard mind-mapping software do this for you? There are lots.

[fo3nix]

wireshark seems similar to the app you linked to above, and is excellent (and free).

nmap is also great for sniffing round networks.

[ACtheTROLL]

Lil - thanks for the suggestion ... but it's not realy the answer

Fo3
It's the graphical display I'm after - (perhaps strangely) not the actual sniffer.

The package itself is not a patch on wireshark ....
but the graphical display - realy shows how lan and the internet work and interract

(you should at least look - try it and see - interesting and novel if nothing else)