 LANTREK Explorer High Performance, Low cost LAN Analyzer |
There can be no doubt that LANTREK Explorer is a fully
featured professional class LAN Analyser for Ethernet (10/100Mbps) and Token Ring
(4/16Mbps) networks. But what really differentiates Explorer, apart from cost, is the look
and feel of the product and a totally fresh approach to the system’s design.
LANTREK Explorer uniquely:
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Adopts Chevin’s revolutionary "Point &
Shoot" mouse driven operation to take the mystique out of building filters to get to
the information you need. |
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De-multiplexes conversations by protocol allowing you to
drill down into conversations, further than any other analyser on the market. |
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Graphically displays network devices and included
auto-discovery mechanisms to identify them by name. |
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Provides more statistical data on network activity than
any other comparable product available today to enable you to solve problems without
necessarily having to delve into decoded packets. |
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Includes an SNMP device browser for FREE! to enable you
to compare MIB information with Explorer Statistics. |
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Passive operation ensures minimum impact upon your
network and attached resources |
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Powerful IP monitoring and analysis facilities allow you
to measure and track/monitor end to end network and internet activity. |
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You can also EASILY upgrade to the Powerful Network Management Utility CNApro.. |
Requires no specialist
hardware:
Operating under Windows NT/98/95, LANTREK Explorer is
fully compatible with your PC. It uses the standard Microsoft NDIS driver to view your LAN
through your ordinary Network Interface Card (NIC).
The intuitive GUI makes it incredibly easy to use:
Chevin leads the field in simplifying what is often a
complex technology area and LANTREK Explorer is another classic product born out of this
philosophy. The Graphical User Interface combines tabs and search trees ensuring that you
always know where you are in the system allowing you to navigate around its powerful
features.
As with all Chevin products, LANTREK Explorer supports
"Point and Shoot" operation, which means using your mouse to point at the
information you want and clicking a button to view it.
Information at a glance:
The master control screen allows you to see all vital
network statistics. Activity snapshots provide instant readouts of network utilisation
using rev counter style graphics, colour graded to provide you with information about
whether or not you are likely to have problems.
History graphs show you if the current problem is just a
blip or something more serious. Graphical data is supported with accurate statistics to
further qualify any decisions that you may need to make. Alarms, based upon your own
pre-set criteria, are conveniently listed at the bottom of the master control screen.
Automatic Discovery:
LANTREK Explorer removes the hard work of auditing your
network by automatically discovering and identifying all active devices on the LAN. It
sees and registers all IP addresses and differentiates between servers, clients, routers
etc. LANTREK Explorer's discovery mechanism removes the hard work associated with
configuring the tool each time you use it on a new network.
Helpful hints:
In addition, LANTREK Explorer provides useful
hints about possible problems on your network as they occur.
Explore your network:
LANTREK Explorer is a Windows based application and makes
excellent use of the graphical facilities offered by the operating system. In addition, it
employs standard Windows type methods for driving the system. For example, LAN Explorer
allows you to drive live on-screen reports using an explorer type tree structure.
Call up vital statistics, detailed protocol information
(including TopN), device activity charts (TopN, individual stations, Departments/Groups,
type etc). Using the explorer interface you will be amazed at just how much information
you can view in quick succession, essential when trouble shooting today’s mission
critical networks and applications.
Unique and powerful conversation profiling:
LANTREK’s conversation explorer allows you to centre any device (displayed as a
meaningful icon) and see all its conversations. Use your mouse to point and shoot for more
detailed statistics or even launch automatic packet capture and decoding. NO LONGER DO YOU
HAVE TO BUILD COMPLEX PROTOCOL FILTERS BY HAND SIMPLY TO GET AT THE INFORMATION YOU NEED!
Chevin products uniquely de-multiplex conversations by
protocol, extremely useful when trouble shooting as problems often relate to a specific
protocol in multi-protocol conversations.
Pie charts:
A picture is worth a thousand words. LANTREK Explorer
uses this principle to represent network activity. Using the Pie Charts you can
immediately ascertain the contribution to network activity of the busiest nodes,
departments, device types (workstations, servers, routers etc.) or protocols. Detailed
statistical breakdown is provided for IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, and NetWare.
LAN Wizardry:
LANTREK Explorer's LAN Wizard facility conveniently lists
the essential data necessary to begin trouble shooting a network.
At glance you can see which devices have exceeded your
own pre-set time out thresholds. Nodes failing to respond to requests from others, devices
with duplicate IP addresses, and all devices that are issuing broadcast packets in order
of volume! Useful for curing broadcast storms.
The LAN Wizard also allows you to list essential data for
all nodes.
History:
LANTREK Explorer's unique history report archives network
activity from the minute you launch the application. It allows you to travel back in time
and identify periods for which post event analysis is required.
Reports:
A mass of data can be viewed using the powerful
integrated reporting facilities found in "Data Lists". You can:
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View essential data for all nodes, in address order, by
device type, by department, by volume of data being sent/received, by errors, or by number
of conversations. In every case you can select data based upon the protocol employed. |
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Search to find a device by name, MAC address, or IP
address. |
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List all conversations, de-multiplexed by protocol and
ordered according to your requirements. Do you want to see conversations by highest volume
of data, by packets, by errors etc.? |
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Retrieve essential data for all protocols. |
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Export your data lists as .CSV files into Notepad so
that you can manipulate the information outside LANTREK Explorer. For example, to produce
management reports or billing invoices. |
FREE IP Device Browser:
Having identified what you believe may be a problematic
device, what better than to be able to interrogate that machine? LANTREK Explorer's IP
Device Browser allows you to interrogate MIBs installed in your network-attached devices
to verify whether or not your initial assumptions merit further investigation.
100+ DECODES SUPPLIED INCLUDING:
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TCP/IP Protocol Suite Novell NetWare Protocol
Suite SMB NETBIOS FTP TELNET
SMTP SNMP DNS TCP UDP NCP SAP NETBIOS SPX IPX XWIN RIP ECHO ERROR AFRP LLC EGP RIP GGP ICM
IP ARP SNAP RARP LLC SNA RPC |
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IBM Protocol Suite XNS Protocol Suite SNA SMB NETBIOS NETBEUI IBMNM LLC SDLC SNAP SMB NBP
XNS COURIER SPP IDP PEP RIP ECHO RIP ECHO SDLC SNAP ERROR LLC SNAP |
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NFS Protocol Suite ISO Protocol Suite
NFS PMAP RPC TCP UDP IP SMB X.400 FTAM VTP
ACSE CLNS LLC PRESENTATION |
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DECnet Protocol Suite SESSION TP ISODE SNAP |
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Banyan VINES Protocol Suite DAP NICE SMB CTERM MOP LAT LAVC SCS SCP NSP |
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AppleTalk Protocol Suite DRP LLC SNAP MAIL SMB IPC SPP RTP ARP IP
FRP LLC SNAP AFP TOPS PAP ASP ADSP SoftTalk NBP ATP ZIP RTMP ECHO AARP DDP
LAP LLC SNAP |
Recommended Machine Specification:
LANTREK Explorer runs on industry standard PCs. For
Windows 95/98 we recommend a Pentium 200MHz or above with 32M RAM. For NT a Pentium 200MHz
or above with 64M RAM. LANTREK Explorer will run with most Network Interface Cards
supporting the NDIS driver specification. For 10/100M Ethernet we recommend 3Com adapters,
for Token Ring Madge 4/16 Smart Ring Node adapters. Token Ring adapters must be capable of
running in a promiscuous mode.
MORE INFORMATION ON LANTREK
PRODUCTS AND CNApro (The World's First Wire Based Network Management System)
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