> ---------- > From: Pete Kofod[SMTP:PETEATARINCATHOTMAILDOTCOM] > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 10:17:57 AM > Subject: Re: Network trouble shooting. > Auto forwarded by a Rule > 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] > > > >