menges@unc.UUCP (John Menges) (07/09/85)
I'm wanting to gather some statistics on the utilization of our ethernets, and would like to know if anyone out there is aware of a reasonable way of doing this. I'm thinking of something like a box that will sit on the ethernet and gather statistics on network traffic, reporting its accumulated statistics on request via a serial line. I'm aware that this information is available on a per-host basis via netstat, but would like to find a method that's a bit less unwieldy. Please respond directly to menges@unc, and I will post a summary.
networks@dartvax.UUCP (Special Projects Group) (08/01/85)
Where can we order a copy of the MIT package to monitor the Ethernet?
Or, better yet, does someone have one that will run on a Sun, microVax,
or real Vax?
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Phone: (603) 646-3144derek@uwvax.UUCP (Derek Zahn) (08/02/85)
> > Where can we order a copy of the MIT package to monitor the Ethernet? > Or, better yet, does someone have one that will run on a Sun, microVax, > or real Vax? Me too! me too! derek -- Derek Zahn @ wisconsin ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,sfwin,ucbvax,uwm-evax}!uwvax!derek derek@wisc-rsch.arpa
jbn@wdl1.UUCP (08/05/85)
Excelan has a nice box that does this, the Excelan Nutcracker, but it is overpriced at $49K. The MIT software for the IBM PC has some nice logging and statistics facilities, and at $12 for the object and $75 for the source, plus $650 to 3COM for the Ethernet controller, it's a bargain. John Nagle
robert@cheviot.uucp (Robert Stroud) (08/07/85)
Spider Systems produce an Ethernet monitor which sells for 4618 pounds. It knows about the format of IP, XNS and ISO packets and can be used to trace packets that match a particular pattern. A nice feature is the ability to use local host names instead of Ethernet addresses. It can also collect statistics, draw usage graphs, generate traffic, and test the connectivity of the network. We saw a demonstration the other day and liked it a lot, not least because it tracked down a long-standing mysterious bug very quickly! In fact we liked it so much we're going to buy one. As a relatively new product, it is only available in the UK at present. For further information contact... Spider Systems Limited, 65 Bonnington Road, Edinburgh, EH6 5JQ +44 31 554 9197 (or try ...!ukc!edcaad!hwcs!spider) DISCLAIMER This is just my personal opinion and does not represent the opinion of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. I have nothing to do with Spider Systems either. Robert J Stroud, Computing Laboratory, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. UUCP ...!ukc!cheviot!robert ARPA robert%cheviot.newcastle@ucl-cs.arpa JANET robert@newcastle.cheviot (or robert@neda)