[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] Network monitor program for MS-DOS?

mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) (09/02/90)

We're trying to get ODT-NET (SCO's TCP/IP package) up and running on a
small office Ethernet.  Unfortunately, we're having some problems with
it (the local machine can successfully be ping'd, but remote machines
can't), and I'm trying to figure out where the problem is.  I have a
feeling that packets aren't even getting out onto the network cable,
but we don't have a network monitor and the boss isn't too eager to
drop $2000 for what is probably a one-time problem.

We do, however, have an extra Ethernet card and a PC laying around.
It would seem fairly simple to write a program that just pulled in data
from the network card and displayed it on the screen, possibly with
options for hex mode, and perhaps even understanding of some of the
more common network protocols to help decipher the packets.  Does
anybody know of such a program that runs under MS-DOS?
PD/freeware/shareware would be best, but commercial wouldn't be too
bad as long as the price was reasonable (i.e., cheaper than one of the
hardware net-monitor jobs).

(Followups to comp.os.msdos.misc, please.)

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