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> From:         Pete Kofod[SMTP:PETEATARINCATHOTMAILDOTCOM]
> Sent:         Sunday, February 27, 2000 10:17:57 AM
> Subject:      Re: Network trouble shooting.
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There are several versions of Sniffer out there but at $15,000 for the LAN
Professional edition, that is hardly cheap.


"Al" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:8987n2$t4o$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
> We just installed a series of Cisco Switches. The Show Command on the
> Switches usually gives you a good picture of what is going on on that
port.
> Also the Engineer who installed our Switches, had a software called
Sniffer
> on his laptop where he could monitor the whole of the network including
the
> protocols running. Sniffer is a Network Associate product, and cheap I
> believe.
>
> BTW. I wonder if you could share your experience with us on these
switches.
> We have 2 HP3K 928 with 10M NIC and three DTCs and BNC connectors all
> sharing a Thin Ethernet and  conntected to HUB and then into a port in one
> of our Cisco Switches.
> Some of our users connect via serial link, DTC to the 3Ks and others
connect
> using Reflection. Those using Reflection keep getting disconnected. Those
> using serial link are not affected. We have monitored the Cisco port that
is
> connected the 3Ks HUB and there are massive collisions all the time on
this
> port. All Reflection users are set at 10M still people getting
disconnected.
>
> We have been advised by Cisco Engineer that we must get rid of the Thin
> Ethernet and connect the 3Ks and DTCs directly to the Switches.
>
> Have you had any simillar problems?
>
> Thanks
> Al
>
> Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
> news:F4B1826B1A21D211AEC5006008207AF404377C5F@dogbert.csillc.com...
> > I've recently connected our HP3000/987 to our internal network.  We are
> > attached via cisco routers and switches.  Everything is going well with
> > occassional complaints about slowness.
> > I know there is a tool that lets you see network traffic information but
> > I don't know what its called.  I looked in nettool but nothing looked
> > familiar.
> > What is available on the HP that allows me to see the network
> > bottlnecks?
> >
> > --
> > Larry Barnes
> > Director of MIS
> > Mitek Corp.
> > 4545 E. Baseline Rd.
> > Phoenix, AZ 85040
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
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