[1087] in resnet
Re: Connection Tester
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (King, Michael)
Wed Apr 3 11:40:08 2002
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:28:54 -0500
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From: "King, Michael" <MKing@BRIDGEW.EDU>
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Have you tried the Big version, the OneTouch Network Assistant?
If you can think of it, it does it. Discovery of all devices on network,
what protocols they are running, what port on what switch its connected to.
It's also $6000
But both of these options are outside of my definition of Low-cost.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: JON DESANTIS [mailto:desantis@LYCOMING.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:17 AM
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: Connection Tester
Here at Lycoming, I researched and finally purchased a tester to
replace/backup our existing microscan pentascanner. We purchased the Fluke
Networks Nettool. It is an excellent device. I have had no toubles with it
and it seems to be able to do more than the rest out there on the market.
It does all that you explained below plus. One nice side of it is that it
does network discovery. If you have problems with a device not seeing other
devices, you can check to see if its the device or your segment. The price
is a little higher, the inline version is $1400 (when we bought) about a
year ago, i think price has gone down, but i wouldnt give this unit up for
anything short of a porsche!
Good day!
Jon DeSantis, Staff Technician
Lycoming College, 700 College Place
Box 142, Williamsport, Pa 17701
(570) 321-4397 Fax (570) 321-4051
>>> olsonand@LUTHER.EDU 04/03/02 10:52AM >>>
I have been searching for a low cost, reliable, easy to use connection
tester for a couple of years now and have tried several different testers
with poor results on the reliability scale. My ResNet network is in need
of a reliable tester because we have about 200-300 bad ports each year
(poor DSL implementation).
We've run across a new tester that looks like it might work and be low cost
($349). I'm wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with the
Pinger Network IP Tester from Psiber? They claim that it's a device that
get's an IP address from a DHCP server, pings, checks send and receive data
integrity, measures round trip time, and warns about reversed
polarity. This sounds like what we are currently doing with laptops.
.....Anybody have any experience with this device?
http://www.psiber.com/index.html
Thanks in advance for any replies,
Andrew
Andrew Olson
Help Desk Supervisor
Library and Information Services
olsonand@luther.edu
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