The tools known as network sniffers are named after a product called the Sniffer Network Analyzer. Introduced in 1988 by Network General Corp. (now Network Associates Inc.), the Sniffer was one of the ...

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer that helps you keep your computer secure. With the help of this tool, you can scrutinize and probe network packets in real-time. In this post, we will talk ...

Every IT department with mission-critical computer operations tries to implement security measures to protect its network from data loss, performance degradation or other damage, but such damage ...

Uptime and fast problem resolution are top priorities in enterprise networks. But purchasing dedicated monitoring devices for hundreds of network points is impractical, but you can use a matrix switch ...

With the Windows 10 October 2018 update release, Microsoft had quietly added a built-in command-line network packet sniffer called Pktmon to Windows 10. Since then, Microsoft has added a few more ...

The vast majority of administrators go to great lengths to protect the files on their network. Typically, elaborate firewalls are used to keep outsiders away from file servers. The files residing on ...

We tested Version 5.1 of WildPackets’ flagship product, the OmniPeek Enterprise with its distributed-data-capture-and-analysis core software called OmniEngine. The enterprise package — which can ...

Driven by the increasing volume of data traffic on Internet Protocol (IP) networks and the dynamic, inherent unpredictability of protocol communications, new challenges are surfacing that make ...

This tip is excerpted from "Network troubleshooting and diagnostics," Chapter 4 of The Shortcut Guide to Network Management for the Mid-Market, written by Greg Shields and published by ...