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[douglas767]

I have the unfortunated job to compare the base line and performance of a large LAN with a lots of .cap files, and my boss want a report. Anyone knows any software that can open a lot of .cap files and generate or show me sumary can be used like a report from Sniffer Reporter??

Thanks in advance,

Douglas

 

[AlexTovar]

Douglas:

If you don't want to use the Sniffer Reporter ( easiest way ! ) you can use the scripts .bas included with Sniffer in order to export history tables' data data into a spreadsheet and generate your graphs.

I recommend to use Sniffer Reporter.

Yours Alex...

 

[wybnormal]

I dont know about the BAS script, I just take the history files as they are.. import them into excel.. delete the 1st row as it's bad data(all zeros), clean up the date stamp and make a graph with the data.. works very slick. reporter is nice and all that but you gotta use what you have..

1st step

http://www.networkuptime.com/tutorials/sniffer_history/

2nd step

http://www.networkuptime.com/tutorials/excel_graphs/index.html

This gives nice step by step instructions

MikeS
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http://www.packetattack.com

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[fortunat]

I use tethereal (comes with Ethereal) and type the following command:
tethereal -n -r ..\filename.cap > ..\filename.txt
If you go to my website:

http://www.thetechfirm.com

and them my "HOW TO" link, you'll see how to import the text file to Excel.

When I have a bunch of files the tethereal command makes the job quick. I converted 10-8MB cap files within 15 minutes.

Good Luck