Introduction
TheLANEXPERTôInlineGigabitNetworkAnalyzerisahandheld
networktoolthatfeaturesprotocolanalysis,packetcapture,traffic
generation,cabletestingandIPv4/IPv6support.TheLANEXPERTô
utilizesacolortouchscreeninterfacetoaccessoneofthemostcomplete
suitesoftestandanalysisfunctionsavailableinaportabletesttool.The
InlineModeallowsuserstonon-intrusivelymonitornetworktraffic(10/100/
1000BaseTX)toidentifyprotocols,portusage,VoIPstatisticsandnetwork
utilization.TheLANEXPERTôcancaptureandstoreupto10,000
packetswithuserdefinedfiltersfordetailedanalysisinthefield,down-
loadedoverthenetworkortoaUSBflashdrive.UseeitherRJ-45portto
testPing,Link,TraceRoute,DHCPandDiscoverywhichwillquickly
identifynetworkproblems.TheLANEXPERTôcangenerateupto
100%trafficloadingin1%incrementstodemonstratenetworkperfor-
manceatvarioustrafficlevels.Astresstestthatgeneratestrafficand
measuresperformancemetrics(perRFC2544)isalsoprovided.The
stresstestcanbeconductedusingthetwoindependentportsonasingle
unitorusedwithasecondunitlocatedremotelyonanetwork.PoEtests
includevoltageandinlinecurrentmeasurementtodeterminetheactual
powerusedbyapowereddevice.TheLANEXPERTôalsotestscable
forshorts,opens,splitpairs,reversedpairs,measurescablelengthand
generatestonesforcabletracing.
This Guide
Thisguideintroducestheanalyzerísfeatures.
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