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From: bod43 on 2 Jan 2010 09:03
On 2 Jan, 12:52, Andy <wqh...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Rob wrote:
> > "Not a protocol analyzer" but what is it that you want to analyze then?
> > Network statistics?
>
> Well as I wrote in my first post: I am looking for a software like a
> Fluke OptiView kind of thing. It should not only do protocol analyzing
> but also physical things like meassuring cable lenght giving stats etc.
> It should be something like a swiss army knife for network
> troubleshooting Layer 1-7.
>
> I do not know if anything like this is around. Thats why I am asking.
>
> Best...Andy

On Ethernet, subtle L1 problems are a thing of the past so I
doubt that anyone bothered to write anything.

About 4 years ago the place that I worked bought a
Fluke fancy thing - cost a lot. £ks.

Spent next year at least in a drawer never knowingly used.

Netstat -e or get snmp working on linux/windows for more detail
perhaps.

http://cisco.cluepon.net/index.php/Cisco_TDR_%28Time_Domain_Reflectometer%29
The Catalyst 2960, 2970, 3560/3560-E, and 3750/3750-E switches have an
integrated Time Domain Reflector (TDR), which is used to test cables
associated with a port.
From: alexd on 3 Jan 2010 14:42
Meanwhile, at the comp.dcom.sys.cisco Job Justification Hearings, Andy chose
the tried and tested strategy of:

> Well as I wrote in my first post: I am looking for a software like a
> Fluke OptiView kind of thing.

What does OptiView do that Wireshark doesn't? Or rather, what does OptiView
do that you want to do?

> It should not only do protocol analyzing but also physical things like
> meassuring cable lenght giving stats etc.

That would depend on the platform you're running it [a piece of software]
on. The only commodity ethernet chipset I can find that has a TDR is AMD
Lance, which I consider to be somewhat geriatric. Marvell ODM switches have
TDRs on too, eg some Dell Powerconnect and Linksys SGE/SFE2000.

> It should be something like a swiss army knife for network
> troubleshooting Layer 1-7.

Minus the layer 1 bit, that sounds like an apt description of Wireshark.

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