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href="/products/netflow/network-protocol-analyzer.html" title="Protocol Analyzer">Protocol Analyzer</a></li> <li id="traffic-pam"><a href="/products/netflow/protocol-and-application-monitoring.html" title="Protocol & Application Monitoring">Protocol & Application Monitoring</a></li> <li id="traffic-nbar"><a href="/products/netflow/nbar.html" title="Network Based Application Recognition(NBAR)">Network Based Application Recognition(NBAR)</a></li> <li id="traffic-nbarmon"><a href="/products/netflow/nbar-monitor.html" title="NBAR Monitoring">NBAR Monitoring</a></li> <li id="traffic-voip"><a href="/products/netflow/voip-monitor.html" title="VOIP Monitoring">VoIP Monitoring</a></li> <li id="traffic-sstm"><a href="/products/netflow/site-to-site-traffic-monitoring.html" title="Site to Site Traffic Monitoring">Site to Site Traffic Monitoring</a></li> <li id="traffic-itmnbar"><a href="/products/netflow/intelligent-traffic-management-with-nbar.html" title="Intelligent Traffic Management with NBAR">Intelligent Traffic Management with NBAR</a></li> <li id="traffic-wanipsla"><a href="/products/netflow/wan-rtt-monitor.html" title="WAN Monitoring using IPSLA">WAN Monitoring Using IP SLA</a></li> <li id="traffic-bntm"><a href="/products/netflow/bandwidth-utilization.html" title="Bandwidth Utilization">Bandwidth Utilization Report</a></li> <li id="traffic-speed-mon"><a href="/products/netflow/network-speed-monitor.html" title="Network Speed Monitor">Network Speed Monitor</a></li> <li id="traffic-network-traffic"><a href="/products/netflow/linux-network-traffic-monitoring.html" title="Linux Network Traffic Monitor">Linux Network Traffic Monitor</a></li> <li id="traffic-ntmtools"><a href="/products/netflow/network-traffic-monitoring-tools.html" title="Network Traffic Monitoring Tools">Network Traffic Monitoring Tools</a></li> <li id="traffic-wifi"><a href="/products/netflow/wifi-traffic-monitor.html" title="Wi-Fi Monitoring">Wi-Fi Monitoring</a></li> <li id="ent-traffic"><a 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Troubleshooting">Network Troubleshooting</a></li> <li id="qst-snt"><a href="/products/netflow/traffic-shaping.html" title="Traffic shaping">Traffic Shaping</a></li> <li id="qst-qosm"><a href="/products/netflow/qos-monitoring.html" title="QoS Monitoring">QoS Monitoring</a></li> <li id="qst-qs"><a href="/products/netflow/allaboutqos.html" title="Quality of Service">Quality of Service</a></li> <li id="qst-qos"><a href="/products/netflow/app-qos-traffic-shaping.html" title="Application-level QoS Shaping">Application-level QoS Shaping</a></li> <li id="qst-qosmon"><a href="/products/netflow/cbqos.html" title="Class Based Qos Monitoring">Class Based QoS Monitoring</a></li> <li id="qst-validqos"><a href="/products/netflow/validating-qos-policies-with-cbqos.html" title="Validating QoS Policies">Validating QoS Policies</a></li> <li id="qst-qosconfig"><a href="/products/netflow/qos-configuration.html" title="Qos Configuration">QoS Configuration</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-nfm"><span>Reports</span> <ul> <li id="rep-tr"><a href="/products/netflow/netflow-analyzer-reports.html" title="Troubleshoot Reports">Troubleshoot Reports</a></li> <li id="rep-cb"><a href="/products/netflow/customizable-dashboard.html" title="Customizable Bandwidth">Customizable Bandwidth</a></li> <li id="rep-bur"><a href="/products/netflow/bandwidth-reports.html" title="Bandwidth Utilization Reports">Bandwidth Reports</a></li> <li id="rep-cpr"><a href="/products/netflow/capacity-planning-reports.html" title="Capacity Planning Reports">Capacity Planning Reports</a></li> <li id="rep-uccp"><a href="/products/netflow/cut-cost.html" title="Use case: Capacity Planning">Use Case: Capacity Planning</a></li> <li id="rep-br"><a href="/products/netflow/usage-based-billing.html" title="Billing Reports">Billing Reports</a></li> <li id="rep-sche"><a href="/products/netflow/scheduling-reports-using-netflow-analyzer.html" title="Scheduling Reports">Scheduling Reports</a></li> <li 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'Event List' in ASAM">The 'Event List' in Security Module</a></li> <li id="nsf-spcc"><a href="/products/netflow/problem-class-catalogue.html" title="Security Problem & Class Catalog">Security Problem & Class Catalog</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-nsm"><span>Flow-based Monitoring</span> <ul> <li id="flow-netflowmon"><a href="/products/netflow/netflow-monitoring.html" title="NetFlow Monitoring Tools"> NetFlow Monitoring Tools </a></li> <li id="flow-ipfix"><a href="/products/netflow/ipfix-monitoring.html" title="IPFIX Monitoring">IPFIX Monitoring</a></li> <li id="flow-jflow"><a href="/products/netflow/j-flow-monitoring.html" title="Jflow Monitoring">JFlow Monitoring</a></li> <li id="flow-sflow"><a href="/products/netflow/sflow-analyzer.html" title="sflow Analyzer">sFlow Analyzer</a></li> <li id="sflow-nc"><a href="/products/netflow/netflow-collector.html" title="Netflow Collector">Netflow Collector</a></li> <li id="sflow-cisco"><a href="/products/netflow/cisco-netflow.html" title="Cisco NetFlow">Cisco NetFlow</a></li> <li id="sflow-whatisnetflow"><a href="/products/netflow/what-is-netflow.html" title="What is NetFlow?">What is NetFlow?</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-nfg"><span>Network Packet Sensor</span> <ul> <li id="nps"><a href="https://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/network-packet-sensor.html" title="Network Packet Sensor">Network Packet Sensor</a></li> <li id="dpi"><a href="/products/netflow/deep-packet-inspection.html" title="Deep Packet Inspection">Deep Packet Inspection</a></li> <li id="nfg-nfg"><a href="/products/netflow/netflow-generator.html" title="NetFlow Generator">NetFlow Generator</a></li> <li id="nst"><a href="/products/netflow/netspeed-tracker.html?lhs" title="NetSpeed Tracker">NetSpeed Tracker</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="remote"><span>Remote Monitoring</span> <ul> <li id="remote-dm"><a href="https://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/distributed-monitoring-with-enterprise-edition.html" title="Distributed Monitoring">Distributed 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With this growth comes the advent of large-scale networks to maintain business operations, and the numerous challenges that come with them. Keeping an eye on the network at all times is nothing short of a Herculean task. Using a good network packet sniffer reduces the load of network administrators significantly.</p> <h2>What is network packet sniffing or network sniffing?</h2> <p>Network sniffing or <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/network-packet-sniffer.html" target="_blank">packet sniffing</a> is the process of collecting and analyzing all or a set of packets that pass through a network for better understanding of the network's health and performance. A network traffic sniffer can help you target weak points when expanding your network capacity, managing your bandwidth, enhancing network security, and more, all while improving the end user experience.</p> <h2>Types of network sniffers</h2> <p>A network sniffer can either be software or hardware tools used to intercept, log, and analyze network traffic and data. Hardware network packet sniffers are directly plugged into networks and come in handy when the traffic of targeted network segments are to be monitored. However, most network sniffers today are software based. Hardware network packet sniffers do not support all types data that pass through them and are configured to support or receive specific types of data. Software <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/network-packet-sniffer.html" target="_blank">network packet sniffers</a> are however more flexible and can be configured or set to receive data from various devices or routers. This data can then be logged and sent to a collector for further analysis based on network requirements.</p> <h2>Why is network sniffing important?</h2> <p>Some of the benefits of using a network traffic sniffer include:</p> <ul> <li>Analyzing traffic by type</li> <li>Performing root cause analysis</li> <li>Diagnosing and troubleshooting network issues</li> <li>Improving bandwidth performance</li> </ul> <h2>About Us</h2> <p>ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer can be leveraged to provide details like host names, open ports, and so on, without causing any hindrance to the traffic. NetFlow Analyzer eliminates the need for a network collector by doubling up as a network collector, and a network traffic analysis tool.</p> <p><img src="https://manageengine.com/products/netflow/images/network-forensics-a.png" alt="Network sniffer- ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer" title="Network Sniffer Software" /></p> <h3>Pinpoint the root cause</h3> <p>With real-time insights and detailed analytics, NetFlow Analyzer can discover traffic patterns and device performance so network administrators can easily identify whether the delay is on the network side or the application side. Drill down to a particular application or URL, and view real-time traffic and response time graphs to pinpoint the fault and improve the network or application availability.</p> <h3>Analyze traffic by type</h3> <p>Higher bandwidth doesn't always mean better network performance. Receive accurate reports on application traffic, and troubleshoot bandwidth issues to determine which customer or application should receive bandwidth priority. Pull the list of affected users for slow apps, and communicate with them to increase application availability and meet service-level agreements (SLAs).</p> <p>Know who is using your bandwidth, and regulate them using traffic-shaping techniques like editing a class-based quality of service policy (CBQoS) or editing the network's access control list (ACL).</p> <h3>Enhance bandwidth management</h3> <p>Measure network bandwidth use at any particular time, and resolve issues on time before end users are affected. The various reports in NetFlow Analyzer help IT admins drill down into the network to understand which applications consume more bandwidth. The various drill down reports help admins understand issues better and regulate them.</p> <p>With support for both Windows and Linux environments, NetFlow Analyzer makes monitoring your network bandwidth a breeze. Download your <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/download.html">30-day trial for NetFlow Analyzer</a> and start analyzing your network traffic today.</p> <h2>More on Network Sniffer</h2> <div class="accordion_head"> <h2 class="faqh">What is a network sniffer?</h2> <span class="plusminus">+</span></div> <div class="accordion_body" style="display: none;"> <p><a href="https://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/network-packet-sniffer.html" target="_blank">Network sniffer</a> or a packet analyzer is a tool that inspects the data packets as they traverse the network to understand the health and security of your network.</p> </div> <div class="accordion_head"> <h2 class="faqh">Why do we use network sniffer?</h2> <span class="plusminus">+</span></div> <div class="accordion_body" style="display: none;"> <p>Network sniffers are used by organizations to derive the nature of data traffic, and understand the context. 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