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In <1993Jan21.190226.26403@novell.com> rpratt@novell.com (Robert Pratt) writes:

>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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The Novell product at that price is strictly for Novell packets and not others.
NetSight and the Triticom suite of products have both received good reviews
in majors pubs of late (InfoWorld, Data Communications, PC Mag, etc).  They
(the Intel and Triticom products) do a variety of protocols as well as Novell's.

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