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From: mcmillan@gryphon.cis.ohio-state.edu (Harold McMillan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Any recommendations for (HP) network managing tools ??
Summary: LanProbe, Lan Analyzer
Keywords: network, monitoring, map, managing
Message-ID: <86126@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 21 Nov 90 14:33:05 GMT
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Reply-To: Harold McMillan <mcmillan@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science
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At OSU-CIS, we use two HP tools for LAN monitoring.

1.  The LanProbe.  This box attaches to an Ethernet and displays its
output through software running under Windows on a PC compatible.  The
software interface is very slick.  It allows you to maintain a graphic
"database" of your system, it displays real-time graphs for various
statistics, and it allows you to filter and capture packets.  The
LanProbe can talk to the PC over the net, or by a serial cable.  The
software is very simple to use.

2. The Lan Analyzer.  I forget the model number.  This is a portable
unit with built-in monitor, hard disk, floppy disk.  It has more
sophisticated data and packet gathering capabilities, but does not
provide for a graphic description of your network.

We have found both tools very useful.

Hal
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