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From: ccwilliams@wombat.decnet.uq.oz
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: PC-based Ethernet Monitor
Message-ID: <84@wombat.decnet.uq.oz>
Date: 26 Apr 88 14:56:44 GMT
Organization: VMS NEWS V5.2
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Keywords: ethernet monitor question PC
Summary: What are the options?


	We are currently in the process of making an Ethernet monitor by
buying a PC clone and an Ethernet card, and obtaining/writing software.

	The questions I wanted to put to the net are these:

(1) What is the best type of card to buy? What are the pros and cons of 
    'smart' vs. 'dumb' cards?

(2) Would there be much benefit in buying a 80386 machine over a 12 MHz 
    AT clone?

(3) What software is there available? (Note that the machine will need to
    be capable of viewing all traffic - DECNET, TCP/IP, and whatever else.
    - this does not rule out the possibility of using something like MIT's
    netwatch when we are only interested in TCP/IP though)

Ta Muchly,
Mark Williams
Prentice Computer Centre, 
University of Queensland
ccwilliams%wombat.decnet.uq.oz@uunet.uu.net (ARPA)