hayes@shiva.trl.oz (Mark Hayes) (07/26/90)
I know this has been discussed (many times?) before, but here goes. Can someone supply me with a comparison of the various LAN Analyzers which are available. We are interested in purchasing such a device for low level (MAC, LLC) performance measurements more than higher layer (TCP/IP) debugging. There also seems to be a few new machines appearing such as from Siemens, Wandel & Goltermann, etc. I would think that many people who have been through this exercise would have this info filed away, and if they could email/post it I would appreciate it. We are interested in features such as: Traffic generation: max. loading, ability to specify contents of whole packet, ability to mix packet lengths, ability to received and process packets while generating traffic. Data capture: max. capture rate to buffer and disk, storage/buffer size, capture of whole packet, timestamp resolution. LANs supported: eg. Ethernet/802.3, Token Ring, StarLAN, etc. Other features: eg. triggering, capture of short/runt packets and collision fragments, filtering facilities for data capture processing, frame numbering/sequencing, programmability(?). Thanks in advance, mdh ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Hayes Research Labs, m.hayes@trl.oz.au Telecom Australia
fortinp@bcars223.bnr.ca (Pierre Fortin) (07/27/90)
In article <1955@trlluna.trl.oz>, hayes@shiva.trl.oz (Mark Hayes) writes: > I know this has been discussed (many times?) before, but here goes. > Can someone supply me with a comparison of the various LAN Analyzers [stuff deleted] > > Thanks in advance, > mdh > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Mark Hayes Research Labs, > m.hayes@trl.oz.au Telecom Australia The June 26th issue of PC Magazine has a fairly extensive review of various LAN analyzers. Whichever you decide on, read the article carefully on that model: there are a number of interesting comments about features and especially limitations. You are sufficiently advised in this article, as long as you are paying attention... Good Luck, Pierre Fortin fortinp@bnr.ca