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From: dlugose@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Dan Dlugose)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Network monitoring software
Message-ID: <6221@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 89 15:38:01 GMT
References: <8901120059.AA08765@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Reply-To: dlugose@ecsvax.uncecs.edu.UUCP (Dan Dlugose)
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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In article <8901120059.AA08765@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> paisley@MTE.NCSU.EDU (Mike) writes:
>We are currently considering buying some software to manage/analyze our 
>AppleTalk network.  Our network consists of 3 FastPath-3's and a few SE's with

Interpoll works well for what it does, such as showing you all devices,
what kind of device they are, and for Macs, versions of System, Finder,
and LaserWriter files.  You can test response times with various kinds
of messages to any device.  No clues about how busy the net is doing
what.  Peek, supplied by APDA is good for sampling what is going on
in the net and error rates for CRC errors and others.  If the net were
very busy, neither of these tools would tell you much about what you
can do about it.  At any rate Peek (and Poke) come with the AppleTalk
and EtherTalk manuals, which are very interesting.
Dan Dlugose, UNC Edu. Computing Service