Seto@UNCAMULT.BITNET (Tom Seto) (01/04/89)
Hello. Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of MIT's Netwatch? I
have been trying without any success in getting a copy of this software.
I need information on how to get it, cost, what cards in runs on, how
much cpu and memory is required (8086, 286 or 386?). We don't have
anonymous ftp, only BITNET. Does anyone have anything else they are
using for LAN monitoring that they are having getting good results from.
Thanks in advance.
Tom Seto
Dept of ACS
University of Calgary
ph 403 220 6717ljm@TWG.COM (Leo J McLaughlin) (01/04/89)
>Hello. Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of MIT's Netwatch? I >have been trying without any success in getting a copy of this software. >I need information on how to get it, cost, what cards in runs on, how >much cpu and memory is required (8086, 286 or 386?). We don't have >anonymous ftp, only BITNET. >Does anyone have anything else they are >using for LAN monitoring that they are having getting good results from. >Thanks in advance. If you have the ~$15,000 to spend, the Network General Sniffer is a very nice LAN monitor. I've used it on occasion, and been most pleased. Otherwise, I would strongly recommend buying a sophisticated software package in the $1,000 range such as FTP Software's LANWatch or Wollongong's WIN/WATCH. Both provide protocol interpretation, filtering, and logging capabilities far superior to the original MIT Netwatch. FTP software supports the 3c500, 3c503, 3c505, 3c523, WD Star/Ether Card PLUS, NI5010, NI5210, BICC4110, Proteon p1300 and p1344, UB-NIC, Excelan 205/205T, and Banyan hardware interfaces. Wollongong supports the 3c500, 3c503, 3c505, 3c523, WD Star/Ether Card PLUS, NI5010, BICC4110, and Proteon p1300 hardware interfaces. (My experience has shown the 3c503 or 3c523 interfaces to be superior.) For more information contact: FTP Software, Inc. (617) 868-4878 and The Wollongong Group (415) 962-7100. leo j mclaughlin iii The Wollongong Group ljm@twg.com
jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen) (01/05/89)
Per the "TCP/IP Implementations and Vendors Guide" of 2/88: The CMU and Harvard improvements on PC-IP seem to be only available via anonymous FTP. If you can't use that, you need to order the MIT source tape from: M.I.T. Microcomputer Center Room 11-209 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 253-6325 One should also mention Excelan's "LANAlyzer", a hardware-based network monitor which is available in several forms (completely assembled for 15K or so, or 7K for you-supply-the-Compaq). This is the current list of supported hardware for LANWatch: Non-Ethernet: Proteon P1300 (ProNET-10) and P1344 (802.5 Token Ring) Ethernet: 3Com 3C500 and 3C523 (3C503 and 3C505 in progress), InterLAN NI5010 and NI5210 (NI9210 in progress), BICC 4110, Excelan EXOS205, Western Digital WD8003 (and family). We expect to release LANWatch for a couple of other cards this quarter: Nat. Semi. DP839EB (Novell NE2000, D-Link & other derivatives), Intel PC-586E (another demo board). James VanBokkelen FTP Software Inc.
indra@amdcad.AMD.COM (Indra Singhal) (01/06/89)
In article <890103211956.252496@UNCAMULT.BITNET> Seto@UNCAMULT.BITNET (Tom Seto) writes: > >Hello. Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of MIT's Netwatch? I >have been trying without any success in getting a copy of this software. MIT's Netwatch is part of the IBM TCP/IP offering for the PC which is part of the 5798-FAL product: TCP/IP for VM/CMS. I am not sure if IBM markets its PC implementation separately. If your university has the VM product, you should also have the PC version. I have used this Netwatch and it is OK. I wouldn't pay money for it, but as a part of a bigger product it is good to have. -- Indra K. Singhal | It's much easier to ride | {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!indra | the horse | indra@amdcad.AMD.COM | in the direction he's going! | (408) 749-5445(w) | -Werner Erhard |