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From: "Fischer, Martin" Martin.Fischer@swisstxt.ch To: swinog@lists.swinog.ch Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [swinog] swinog Digest, Vol 79, Issue 1: remotely-controlled network tests, like packet capture
Stanislav Sinyagin ssinyagin@yahoo.com wrote:
Migros is selling a cheap netbook for CHF 222.- http://goo.gl/1tZ5C Acer Aspire One AOD 255E-13DQws 1024x600 screen, 1GB RAM, 250GB disk 6-cell battery (!)
It's a perfect device for remotely-controlled network tests, like packet capture or any telnet/snmp/SIP/perlscript testing scenarios that you like.
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My Experience is that notebooks are not realy useful for packet sniffing...as more an more Gibabit is common and laptops are no a recommended option to measure data transmission.
Especialy when capture filters will be used...
Also the available disc space is very limited...
I prefer older server infrastructure, that is able to run captures from several points with 2-4 or more NIC's in a ringbuffer configuration...
You are right in the sense that the right tool should be used for the right job :)
Of course it's not suitable for high-bandwidth sniffing, although quite useful for the occasions where you don't have high-volume traffic. For example, I use one such notebook for an IP-telephony deployment near the border controllers. As it's not yet in production, I know exactly how much traffic I'm going to have.
The benefit is that I easily bring this notebook to the customer location, and it doesn't need much (rack)space. Also I don't have to ask the customer to provide new PC hardware.