Yes we use Internet Advisors too but with additional OC and ATM cards it costs about the same as a small Porche Carrera 4 :-)
Dave Raul De La Garza III wrote: > I must concur with this gentleman's approach to sniffing WAN traffic. At my > previous position I used the HP Internet Advisor product regularly and was > very impressed with its abilities. However, the HP Internet Adivsor is > costly, at about the price of a small car, one can experience network > sniffing nirvana. > > One other option to try would be to have your service provider place their > own sniffer on the line. Speaking on behalf of ours, MCI, they were able to > help us with a traffic shaping dilemma by placing an HP Internet > Advisor-like sniffer on the local loop. For this, of course, they require > permission from your company's IT management as this does pose some security > questions. > > My 2 cents duly deposited, > > Raul De La Garza III, CCDP NNCSS MCSE CNE > > > ---- Original Message ----- > > From: "Trevor J Corness" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 3:14 PM > > Subject: Re: Sniffing Packet From the router. [7:21111] > > > > > > > The only other way that I know of to avoid crashing the router, and > > getting > > > a > > > useful "sniff" of the WAN traffic, is to use a V.35 protocol analyzer, > > such > > > as the HP Internet Advisor. This is a pricey unit, but if you do this > > stuff > > > regularly (as my coworkers and I do), it is the easiest, and most > > > presentable > > > way to do this. Note: There is a short disruption of service while > > > inserting > > > and removing the V.35 Y-cable used to do this. > > > > > > Internet Advisor generates some very management-friendly reports, used > to > > > present findings to people of a slightly more non-technical background. > > It > > > also has many VERY powerful features (think: SnifferPro-like GUI). > > > > > > I am sure there are other very similiar products out in the field, I am > > only > > > explaining what I have used. At the present time, this is only the HP > > > Internet Advisor. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Trevor J Corness, CCNA CCDA JNCIS NNCSS MCSE > > > Radian Communication Services Corporation > > > http://www.radiancorp.com > > > > > > > > > On September 26, 2001 07:20 am, MADMAN wrote: > > > > You can easily hedge your bets against crashing the router by using an > > > > extended access-list with ip packet debuging. > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > Dennis wrote: > > > > > debug ip packet... use with extreme care, you could crash the router > > if > > > > > you have lots of traffic... > > > > > > > > > > ""Ken"" wrote in message > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how I can sniff packet from a router. Or can the > > > > > > router redirect the packet to another Ethernet interface. Like > Span > > > > > > port on the switch. I need to capture the packet that is going > > across > > > > > > the WAN > > > > > > > > > > interface. > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ken -- David Madland CCIE# 2016 Senior Network Engineer Qwest Communications 612-664-3367 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=21779&t=21111 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
