Hi there,

okay this is not cisco specific but I believe somebody can give a feedback 
on this:

Can anybody suggest a decent Network Analyzer Software for use on a Laptop?
I am not talking about a protocol analyzer like Wireshark but a tool
like a Fluke OptiView kind of Software.

Any suggestions?

Thx...Andy

try with this one...I used it a couple years ago and it was fine for me:
http://www.solarwinds.com/products/toolsets/index.aspx

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"Andy Doe" <anhecgn@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi there,
>
> okay this is not cisco specific but I believe somebody can give a feedback 
> on this:
>
> Can anybody suggest a decent Network Analyzer Software for use on a 
> Laptop?
> I am not talking about a protocol analyzer like Wireshark but a tool
> like a Fluke OptiView kind of Software.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thx...Andy
>
> 

> try with this one...I used it a couple years ago and it was fine for me:
> http://www.solarwinds.com/products/toolsets/index.aspx


Thanks for this. Is there anything free available. I was thinking about 
suitable Open Source Tools for both Windows or Linux platforms.

Any suggestions?

Andy Doe <anhecgn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> try with this one...I used it a couple years ago and it was fine for me:
>> http://www.solarwinds.com/products/toolsets/index.aspx
>
>
> Thanks for this. Is there anything free available. I was thinking about 
> suitable Open Source Tools for both Windows or Linux platforms.
>
> Any suggestions?

Do you have a better description of what you want?

"Not a protocol analyzer" but what is it that you want to analyze then?

Network statistics?

Rob wrote:

> "Not a protocol analyzer" but what is it that you want to analyze then?
> Network statistics?

Well as I wrote in my first post: I am looking for a software like a 
Fluke OptiView kind of thing. It should not only do protocol analyzing 
but also physical things like meassuring cable lenght giving stats etc. 
It should be something like a swiss army knife for network 
troubleshooting Layer 1-7.

I do not know if anything like this is around. Thats why I am asking.

Best...Andy

On 2 Jan, 12:52, Andy <wqh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rob wrote:
> > "Not a protocol analyzer" but what is it that you want to analyze then?
> > Network statistics?
>
> Well as I wrote in my first post: I am looking for a software like a
> Fluke OptiView kind of thing. It should not only do protocol analyzing
> but also physical things like meassuring cable lenght giving stats etc.
> It should be something like a swiss army knife for network
> troubleshooting Layer 1-7.
>
> I do not know if anything like this is around. Thats why I am asking.
>
> Best...Andy

On Ethernet, subtle L1 problems are a thing of the past so I
doubt that anyone bothered to write anything.

About 4 years ago the place that I worked bought a
Fluke fancy thing - cost a lot. =A3ks.

Spent next year at least in a drawer never knowingly used.

Netstat -e or get snmp working on linux/windows for more detail
perhaps.

http://cisco.cluepon.net/index.php/Cisco_TDR_%28Time_Domain_Reflectometer%2=
9
The Catalyst 2960, 2970, 3560/3560-E, and 3750/3750-E switches have an
integrated Time Domain Reflector (TDR), which is used to test cables
associated with a port.

Meanwhile, at the comp.dcom.sys.cisco Job Justification Hearings, Andy chose 
the tried and tested strategy of:

> Well as I wrote in my first post: I am looking for a software like a
> Fluke OptiView kind of thing. 

What does OptiView do that Wireshark doesn't? Or rather, what does OptiView 
do that you want to do?

> It should not only do protocol analyzing but also physical things like 
> meassuring cable lenght giving stats etc.

That would depend on the platform you're running it [a piece of software] 
on. The only commodity ethernet chipset I can find that has a TDR is AMD 
Lance, which I consider to be somewhat geriatric. Marvell ODM switches have 
TDRs on too, eg some Dell Powerconnect and Linksys SGE/SFE2000.

> It should be something like a swiss army knife for network
> troubleshooting Layer 1-7.

Minus the layer 1 bit, that sounds like an apt description of Wireshark.

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