Thank you to:
Greg Harrison <greg.harrison@analog.com>
Robert Lopez lopez@abqato.scs.philips.com
Scott R Stonefield <srs@scott.cs.uiuc.edu>
Mark Hargrave root@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov
Stefan Jon Silverman sjs@sunthing.sjsinc.com
My original posting:
>
> Any information on network monitoring would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Have looked at netstat, scanned the SunUKUG cdrom
> have not found anything in the public domain. have found
> HP NetMetric in the commerical sector.
>
> I am sure there is lots out there. What is your
> experience ?
>
> Many Thanks in advance.
>
> Irana
>
The following have been used with a fair amount of success on SunOs 4.1.x
ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/net/ip/nfs/nfswatch4.1.tar.Z
ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/tcpdump-2.2.1.tar.Z and
ftp://ftp.uu.net.usenet/comp.sources.sun/volume1/ethertools-3.x/*
Other programs which are ftpable:
Xnetmon X Windows network monitoring prog.
Esniff.c Segment of code used to grab ethernet pkts
Etherman X Windows network monitoring utility which displays
traffic and wait states between machines on the network.
Interman Similar to Etherman but better for WANS.
Netuse
TCPtop Similar to SVR4 top command but deals with telnet, rlogin
and ftp connections to your network.
TCPview
Netman tools available from ftp.cs.curtin.edu.au:/pub/netman
coombes.anu.edu.au:/pub/net/log
etherfind (4.1.3) examine situations
snoop (Sol 2.3) Shows all ethernet traffic pkts
SunNet Manager (commercial) overall health baseline
and problem notification.
Armon LAN probes on each bridged/routed
segment of LANS.
SharpShooter from Aim Technology Contact Lisa Hanson:
lisa@aim.com for info.
Portables taken to problem areas:
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MicroTest Penta Scanner Also tests/certifies/documents all new
cable runs.
HP WAN Protocol Analyser Good for baselining and other things.
Planning:
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Xyplex Control Point Monitoring/control terminal/print servers,
hubs abd brouters.
Accugraph MountainTop &
Physical Network Manager
Sharpshooter and SunNet Managercommercially available and work well in
conjunction.
Irana Whitaker-Patel
Sys. Admin.
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