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From: romkey@kaos.UUCP (John Romkey)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: ethernet analyzer
Message-ID: <123@kaos.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 12-Sep-87 05:11:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: kaos.123
Posted: Sat Sep 12 05:11:16 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 13-Sep-87 09:42:45 EDT
References: <310@intvax.UUCP> <362@rabbit1.UUCP> <904@dutesta.UUCP> <190@nikhefk.UUCP> <654@gec-mi-at.co.uk>
Reply-To: romkey@kaos.UUCP (John Romkey)
Organization: Chaos at Large; Somerville, MA.
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FTP Software has just announced a network analyzer called "LANWatch", which
is an enhancement of the Netwatch program that I wrote as part of PC/IP at MIT.
The normal mode of use simply displays a single line of information about
packets that go by on the net, unparsing the packet header and telling you
the source and destination addresses of the packet and the protocol types,
up through all the protocol layers. Enhancements to the MIT code include
handling more and larger packets, full screen packet display showing data
and all protocol fields, support for more protocols, more flexible filtering,
better statistics gathering, dumping packets to disk and reading packet
dumps from disk, and support for more network interfaces. The package
as distributed includes enough source and object code to allow users to
add their own protocols and filters (using Microsoft C 4.0). LANWatch runs
on IBM PC's, AT's and compatibles. It currently supports a variety of
ethernet interfaces (changing daily...) and Proteon ProNET-10 Token Ring.

You can contact FTP Software at:
	FTP Software, Inc.
	PO Box 150
	Kendall Square Branch
	Boston, MA  02142
	(617) 868-4878

I'm tooting my own horn here, because I work for FTP nowadays, but nobody
else has mentioned LANWatch yet and I wanted to provide the information...
If you call up FTP about LANWatch, please don't ask for me - I try to
spend most of my time writing software instead of selling it (except
when I post news :-)).
-- 
			- john romkey
		...mit-eddie!blblbl!kaos!romkey
		    romkey@xx.lcs.mit.edu