Cheap Traffic Analyzer

[MasterRacker]

Our engineering dept. is doing some jobs that require hooking NT based systems to industrial robots using 10BaseT and TCP/IP. They are running into some problems that appear to be network related and don't feel they can adequately troubleshoot with PerfMon. I've been asked to look into Traffic/Protocol Analyzers. I have very little budget. Anyone have any experience with inexpensive models? <p> Jeff<br><a href=mailto: masterracker@hotmail.com> masterracker@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

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EtherBoy is (IMHO) <b>The Best Traffic Analyzer</b> around, you can download a trial version at <A HREF="

http://www.ndg.com.au/"

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http://www.ndg.com.au/</A><br>

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This is part of a suite called NetBoy. Here is what the products homepage says about EtherBoy:<br>
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ETHERBOY ALLOWS YOU TO: <br>
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View all traffic on your LAN.<br>
Identify all devices on your LAN including potential security threats.<br>
Fully configure protocol focusing and visualisation.<br>
Define custom protocols.<br>
Zoom in on areas of interest.<br>
Produce reports in text, HTML, data, or Rich Text Format.<br>
Display real-time traffic statistics and protocol breakdowns on individual hosts.<br>
Monitor individual hosts and links.<br>
Customise alarm triggers.<br>
Obtain full protocol summaries for each link<br>
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The only problem is the price. I am not sure exactly HOW little of a budget you are talking about, but the full version of this package is somewhere aroun a thousand dollars. However, it really is the best I have seen.<br>
<p>John Vogel<br><a href=mailto:johnvogel@homepage.com>johnvogel@homepage.com</a><br><a href=

http://johnvogel.homepage.com>My

HomePage</a><br>WebMaster - DataBase Administrator - Programmer<br>

 

[meister]

We have been trying Distributed Observer from Network Instruments and it seems very capable.