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Trying to Help a Troubled Network with Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the penguin-packet-protection dept.

vmehta asks: "I was recently put in a situation where I am trying to help a troubled network with many students accessing it. There are issues with broadcast packets and random outages which seem to be plaguing the network. What tools and methods are the best practice when trying to use Linux and Open Source to analyze and fix a network?"

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  1. OSS? Linux? WHY? by Gothmolly · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Whats next, "How do I produce PDF files, using Linux and Open Source?" "How can I leverage Open Source to surf the web?"

    Christ, this is like the late 90's, when everything suddenly had "e" in front of it. Dude, get Ethereal, slap it on any Windows box, and be done. No need to get nerdy with Linux. If you know enough that its broadcast traffic, you're halfway there.

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