10/100 Ethernet Technologies
While new technologies like wireless provide more flexibility (and more potential headaches) to network planners and administrators, the core of most corporate networks is still 10/100 Ethernet. Given this reality, you will always need a proven 10/100 analysis tool to troubleshoot and maintain your corporate network.

Network Instruments' Observer products not only support 10/100 analysis, they do so with the most scalable technology and richest feature set in the industry. Observer does more than just decode packets: Statistical displays such as Top Talkers, Network Vital Signs let you easily see developing problems and point towards a solution; Network Trending lets you track usage and traffic patterns on your network automatically. Every analyzer in the software-based Observer family (Observer, Expert Observer, Observer Suite) lets you:

   • Capture and decode network traffic, letting you diagnose and solve access and performance problems.
   • Monitor the health and security of your network with helpful views of critical network error and bandwidth statistics.
   • Collect and analyze long term trend statistics without using inordinate disk space or bandwidth.
   • Setup automatic notifications that will email or page you if errors exceed a configurable threshold, or other criteria depending on the
     protocol under analysis.

As your network grows and changes, Observer is "Distributed by Design" to keep up: Each analyzer includes one built-in Probe that lets you decode and analyze all of the traffic on your local network; additional Probes let you economically and conveniently access all of the traffic in a multi-site environment from a single Observer console. Expert Observer adds Expert Diagnostics and What-If modeling; Observer Suite adds RMON and SNMP tools.

All Observer products can analyze gigabit Ethernet traffic under low to moderate loads. For high-usage gigabit, Network Instruments offers Observer-driven hardware systems and Probes to cover high-traffic gigabit and WAN links. No other vender offers such an integrated, robust set of tools in such a flexible and affordable manner. If you need to look at wireless traffic, all the Observer products include that capability at no extra charge. 

For a more detailed look at how Network Instruments' Observer can help you keep an eye on your network:

   • See the product detail page for each analyzer in the Observer family:

-Observer
-Expert Observer
-Observer Suite

  • For more information on wire-speed, full-duplex gigabit analysis, visit the Gigabit Observer Suite System, Probe, and Probe Kit information pages.
  • For more information on T1/E1 and DS3/E3 WAN analysis solutions, visit the WAN Observer SuiteSystem, Probe, and Probe Kit information pages
  • Download an evaluation of Observer. You do not need an actual network  to run the simulation demo.