Interesting. I have used both products as well and I found the interface, filter, and capture functions to be just the opposite. In that the EtherPeek filters and capture seemed counterintuitive, whereas Sniffer was obvious. The Sniffer interface seems to have things exactly where I expect them to be :)
That is one of the reasons I stopped using EtherPeek in our labs and switched to Sniffer. Must be why they are both on the market. Both are excellent products. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Network Analyzers [7:72346] I used to use Sniffer and switched to EtherPeek a couple years ago and never regretted it. A couple times I found that EtherPeek didn't decode a protocol as well as Sniffer, but I reported it, and the next release had a better decode. The best thing about EtherPeek is that the user interface is so intuitive. Everything works the way you expect it to. Sniffer is a bit more clumsy and Ethereal is definitely more clumsy. It took me hours to figure out filters on Ethereal! Filters on Sniffer took quite a while too, come to think of it. They are obvious with EtherPeek. Ethereal does do a great job considering it's free, though. It decodes almost as many protocols as the others and just as competently. Mainly I use an analyzer for protocol analysis. I don't use the expert system on either Sniffer or EtherPeek NX. I find that both of them alert you to problems that aren't really problems. Anyway, I do highly recommend EtherPeek. Sorry I don't have any more details on features in one or the other though. Priscilla Dave C. wrote: > > I work for a small growing business and am currently evaluating > two types of network analyzer software. EtherPeek NX and > Sniffer Portable (Sniffer Pro). > > Since the versions that I have are not the full production > versions (only for evalutation purposes), I am limited to the > functionality I can do with each. > > I know there is an extensive difference in price (Etherpeek NX > is somewhere around $2000-2500 range, and Sniffer Portable > (Pro) is somewhere greater than $10,000. For a small growing > company, it is hard to justify over $10,000 for a piece of > software, when I can get something comparable for much less, > especially when we are in a time where we have to justify our > jobs. > > What I would like to know, if anyone has experience with both > of these applications, and what capabilities that Sniffer Pro > offers, that Etherpeek NX does not. > > I would also like to know if anyone has experience with > Ethereal (for Linux). I know it is free and it has much less > functionality than Etherpeek NX or Sniffer, but I would like an > opinion on that to. > > Thanks. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72361&t=72346 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
