Solved: Re: nGenius Packet Analyzer

shansuresh · ‎09-12-2004

Hi,

I have installed nGenius 1.4.I am having problem with my Packet Analyzer.

when I open Packet Analyzer, I can expand the "Capture Elements: -> all Switches -> All Switch port -> and I can see all the switches which i have installed.

but i am unable to launch or capture anything. I can't even expand my switches to select any interface which i want to monitor.

But my Traffic monitoring software works perfectly fine. It doesn't seems to make any sence as why?

rmushtaq · ‎09-13-2004

To use Packet Capture, you must have a physical Switch Probe or Network Analysis Module (NAM) installed and connected. Without either, what you're seeing is the expected result. Only Switch Probes/NAM can do Packet Capture. And this has nothing to do with Traffic Monitoring. Switches by default support Mini-RMON, hence you can see the Data Link Layer stats in Traffic Monitor. Even for viewing Network/Application Layer info, you still need a Probe/NAM.

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rmushtaq · ‎09-13-2004

To use Packet Capture, you must have a physical Switch Probe or Network Analysis Module (NAM) installed and connected. Without either, what you're seeing is the expected result. Only Switch Probes/NAM can do Packet Capture. And this has nothing to do with Traffic Monitoring. Switches by default support Mini-RMON, hence you can see the Data Link Layer stats in Traffic Monitor. Even for viewing Network/Application Layer info, you still need a Probe/NAM.