Network Analysis and monitoring?

Hello,

I need to check out a network to see if there are any issues and to see what
the network traffic is like (not just on the server but across the entire
subnet). It is a switched network - subnet. I'd like to see all traffic
on the network but it is a mish mash of network switches - not one brand -
not all snmp able. Is there software or a hardware tool that will let me
do all of this?

I realize this is an MS newsgroup but I figure you might have the experience
I could draw from.

Thanks

All that type of stuff is expensive.
Here is one example from Solarwinds that you can use as a starting point for
comparison with others.
http://www.solarwinds.net/products/t.../engineer.aspx

But that only covers what you can do with software on a PC. There are Hardware
Devices like the ones made from Fluke that cover a whole other area of "stuff"
and these cost anywhere from $400-$500 to several thousand dollars for a
Hardware Tools the is no bigger than the palm of your hand.

Most "true" networking problems happen at the Physical Layer and that is where
the Fluke Tools fit in.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or
anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"boe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I need to check out a network to see if there are any issues and to see what
> the network traffic is like (not just on the server but across the entire
> subnet). It is a switched network - subnet. I'd like to see all traffic on
> the network but it is a mish mash of network switches - not one brand - not
> all snmp able. Is there software or a hardware tool that will let me do all
> of this?
>
> I realize this is an MS newsgroup but I figure you might have the experience I
> could draw from.
>
> Thanks
>

ntop?
http://www.ntop.org/overview.html

"boe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I need to check out a network to see if there are any issues and to see what
> the network traffic is like (not just on the server but across the entire
> subnet). It is a switched network - subnet. I'd like to see all traffic on
> the network but it is a mish mash of network switches - not one brand - not
> all snmp able. Is there software or a hardware tool that will let me do all
> of this?
>
> I realize this is an MS newsgroup but I figure you might have the experience I
> could draw from.
>
> Thanks
>

Hi Mike,

Netmon 3.0 from Microsoft is a free download. But its only going to see your
traffic (and various broadcast items on your subnet).

So fwiw, have a nice day.
Cheers,

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"Mike Lowery" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ntop?
> http://www.ntop.org/overview.html
>
> "boe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need to check out a network to see if there are any issues and to see
>> what the network traffic is like (not just on the server but across the
>> entire subnet). It is a switched network - subnet. I'd like to see
>> all traffic on the network but it is a mish mash of network switches -
>> not one brand - not all snmp able. Is there software or a hardware tool
>> that will let me do all of this?
>>
>> I realize this is an MS newsgroup but I figure you might have the
>> experience I could draw from.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>