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In article <1993Jan18.194350.5399@pencom.com> mike@pencom.com (Mike Heath) writes:
>
>I'm in the market for a LAN Analyzer.  Basically, I want to find where
>our network bottlenecks are.  We currently have 16 thinnet legs connected
>through 2 Racal InterLan Multiport Repeaters.  Approximately 100 workstations
>are connected.
>We don't currently have a need for a protocol debugger or anything like that,
>just a traffic analyzer.  The ability to detect shorts/open cables is a
>plus, but not entirely necessary.

Although you may not have an immediate need for protocol decoding, almost every
product includes it, and once you have it I think you'll discover how useful
it is.  My suggestion, if you want a relatively low cost solution, is to
look at the software only products that run on arbitrary NICs using either
ODI or packet drivers to interface to the hardware.  I work on Novell's
product, the LANalyzer for Windows, which is $1495.  Intel has the NetSight 
Analyst, which is in the same ballpark pricewise, and there are also
a variety of other vendors, such as Avante and Triticom.  
   If you really want to focus on cable shorts, etc., a cable tester from
someone like MicroTest is going to do a much better job than any
network analyzer will, so you might want to look at both.

Bob


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