The only truth on a network is revealed with a packet sniffer. Laura Chappell, network packet analysis goddess, has some free online packet analysis animated demos available here.

There are a host of fancy packet sniffers and protocol analyzers available to aid in diagnosing network traffic problems. Yet, one tool that is powerful in its own right, and is free to boot, is ...

The USB-KW24D512 (841-USB-KW24D512) is a Packet Sniffer or Dongle from Freescale featuring dual personal area network (PAN) support in hardware. It runs two RF networks simultaneously with active and ...

The tools known as network sniffers are named after a product called the Sniffer Network Analyzer. Introduced in 1988 by Network General Corp. (now Network Associates Inc.), the Sniffer was one of the ...

Sniffers are tools — sometimes referred to as network analyzers — commonly used for monitoring network traffic. The term packet sniffing refers to the technique of copying individual packets as they ...

Wireless LAN protocol analyzers can be used in the three stages of a wireless LANs lifetime. First, they can be used for a site survey. Since WLANs use the unlicensed radio spectrum, they are subject ...