What Network Sniffing Tools Do You Use?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday April 7, 2004 @03:39PM from the for-those-interested-in-what-is-out-there dept.

network-nose asks: "I work as a Network Administrator in a 500 user manufacturing facility in southeastern Wisconsin. My job is to keep the company running as close to 100% of the time as possible while trying not to spend any money on up to date hardware and software. As of late, we have been having quite a few network problems that can only really be resolved by sniffing packets. I am wondering what tools the rest of you network guys and gals out there use in a corporate environment for analyzing packets. Of course, the more reasonbly priced the better, but I know you usually get what you pay for."

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Etherpeek by icypyr0 · 2004-04-07 16:08 · Score: 0, Troll

First of all, as a network administrator of that large a network, you should be able to find your own fucking network utilities. I mean god.. make yourself useful. Anyways, here is my two cents: Etherpeek. Its $$$, but its by far the best packet sniffing software I've ever used. The user interface is very inuitive. Additionally, its one of the most powerful sniffing suites I've used. In short: if you have the money, get Etherpeek.