good passage!

haiwanxue 3/10/2006 2:20:17 AM

Good overview of some of the more popular protocol analyzers and their features. A matrix with comparison criteria and ratings would have been helpful. The posting made by the Anonymous user from Feb 14th, 2005 is worthless, not this article.

Anonymous User 3/23/2005 3:08:03 PM

This article is worthless

Anonymous User 2/14/2005 6:49:48 AM

Check our Greenleaf ViewComm System, excellent async and ethernet protocol analyzers - www.sysfire.com

Anonymous User 1/4/2005 11:47:58 AM

One thing not touched on in the article is the major difference between a software and a hardware analyzer. Only good packets can be seen by a software analyzer. If the packet cannot make it up to the top layer of the OSI 7 Layer model, you won't see it. Also the quality of the network driver is important. Some LAN cards and drivers won't work or work properly in a promiscuous mode.

Anonymous User 11/23/2004 4:01:20 PM

Another good sniffer is LanRaptor from www.shakti-software.com.

You can define your own protocols, so if they dont provide support, you can still fully decode any protocol that is important to you.

Anonymous User 10/8/2004 2:18:50 PM

Another good low cost product for the budget minded admin is LinkFerret from Baseband technologies. According to their website, they write most of the code for the other analyzer vendors.

Randall Ader 7/6/2004 8:52:34 AM