Thursday, March 28, 2002
Tekguru's Review of CEniffer 3.1
Posted by Brad Adrian in "ARTICLE" @ 10:27 AM
http://www.tekguru.co.uk/PPC_Reviews/ceniffer/index.htm
This is some cool software and could be very useful to anybody who needs to monitor and analyze network traffic using their Pocket PC.
"When connected to an ethernet network the computers talk to each other in packets. These packets are bite size envelopes of data. CEniffer reads these packets and displays what each contains. i.e. the To and From address, Protocol or format of the packet and the actual data being sent by the computer in the packet. It uses Windows CE v3.0, and virtually any network card, including ethernet and wireless cards.
CENiffer version 3 features:
•The ability to save session logs in CENiffer native format, Ethereal format, and LanWatch format.
•Supports new devices designed for Windows CE v3.0 such as PocketPC, Handheld 2000, and PocketPC 2002
•Now functions on wireless ethernet cards to analyse and monitor wireless LANs.
•User defined filters using Open Filter Definition Language (OFDL).
•Filter packets based on their source and destination addresses
•Filter packets based on their protocols.
•List packets using not only MAC (Network card hardware address), but also IP addresses.
•Can be custom built to reflect your unique requirements.
Tekguru does a great job of describing why this is definitely a high-powered tool for network administrators. And, I have to admit, I'm intrigued by an application that incorporates something called "promiscuous mode." I'd be interested in knowing, though, how many of us could and would use something like this...especially in light of its high-power price tag.
This is some cool software and could be very useful to anybody who needs to monitor and analyze network traffic using their Pocket PC.
"When connected to an ethernet network the computers talk to each other in packets. These packets are bite size envelopes of data. CEniffer reads these packets and displays what each contains. i.e. the To and From address, Protocol or format of the packet and the actual data being sent by the computer in the packet. It uses Windows CE v3.0, and virtually any network card, including ethernet and wireless cards.
CENiffer version 3 features:
•The ability to save session logs in CENiffer native format, Ethereal format, and LanWatch format.
•Supports new devices designed for Windows CE v3.0 such as PocketPC, Handheld 2000, and PocketPC 2002
•Now functions on wireless ethernet cards to analyse and monitor wireless LANs.
•User defined filters using Open Filter Definition Language (OFDL).
•Filter packets based on their source and destination addresses
•Filter packets based on their protocols.
•List packets using not only MAC (Network card hardware address), but also IP addresses.
•Can be custom built to reflect your unique requirements.
Tekguru does a great job of describing why this is definitely a high-powered tool for network administrators. And, I have to admit, I'm intrigued by an application that incorporates something called "promiscuous mode." I'd be interested in knowing, though, how many of us could and would use something like this...especially in light of its high-power price tag.
