Re: [foxboro] Node Bus "Sniffer"
- From: "Corey R Clingo" <clingoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:43:10 -0400
Ethereal is a good general-purpose sniffer, and free (www.ethereal.com). I
think there's even a port for Solaris on sunfreeware.com. Of course, all
you'll get is packet capture, and statistics, as I don't think it has a
decoder module for Fox I/A nodebus (but it does for just about everything
else :). If yoiu want the weighted traffic graph thingie that the newer
Network General products provide, there's one out there called Tvark
(tvark.com, also free), but I haven't used it.
Whether these are better than the original NG Sniffer (tm), I don't know.
But they are certainly more accessible to me from a cost standpoint. Now,
if only Invensys would publish some protocol details (hint, hint), maybe
someone would be inspired to write some decoder plug-ins <g>. Seriously,
I'd like to see this happen, for everyone's benefit. Some nodebus-related
system problems here (not in my plant, fortunately) underscored the fact
that not very many people know what is really happening on the nodebus --
including those that work for Invensys.
Corey Clingo
BASF Corp.
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Has anyone had any experience with Network Assoc. Sniffer Pro product for
"sniffing" the LAN / node bus. Are there better or cheaper products out
there?
Thanks,
Brian Long
E&I Superintendent
Green Bay Packaging
Arkansas Kraft Division
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