Re: Sniffer and Network Analyzer - which one?

["Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com>]

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From: "WALI" <hkhasgiwale () gmail com>
To: "'Security Basics Forum'" <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:07 AM
Subject: Sniffer and Network Analyzer - which one?


> Hi
>
> Following on a related conversation I have been thinking to ask this query 
> for
> quite a long time but kept delaying it, so here I am:
>
> Are the three Open Source products http://cacti.net/ , OpenNMS and NTOP
> catering to different needs?
>
> A white paper published here: http://www.techsupportalert.com/r1525.htm
> doesn't even list any of these three on it's Top ten but they are most heard
> in the technical forums.
>
> Finally, within my LAN, that comprises of 10 subnet VLANs and spans across
> 10 floors, what would be the best way to incorporate any of these?
>
> Pls advise!

Here's another free sniffer that I don't see mentioned very often.

http://www.networkchemistry.com/products/packetyzer.php

--Michael