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On its own, it's a solid choice for an SMB or Mid-size Enterprise if you're price sensitive and looking primarily for core functionality. SolarWinds has a large family of products that can also be leveraged in conjunction with SWNDM. Turning the product loose on a very large environment for discovery and mapping should be done with care and concern for a number of reasons but including the performance of the product for this task. If you're looking for an all-in-one product with some presumed supporting features built in (config manager, etc.) you'll need to look elsewhere.Incentivized
I don't know of any other tool that works as well as Wireshark for packet capture an inspection. It's extremely easy to get up and running, and even with little to no knowledge of how to use the tool, you can be looking at all the traffic coming off a network interface.Incentivized
Monitor for and record network device configuration changes.Allow for the creation, or modification, of hardening standards for multiple vendors' network devices.Automate the creation of alerts that can be sent to owners for correction of compliance violations.Allow you to organize a visualization of your network devices.Incentivized
Light-weight software - Does not require high end specifications; also runs smoothly on Legacy systemsFilter function - Lets you filter you packets from thousands to tens so as to find your target much easilySimultaneous capturing on all the network adapters - You can capture packets from all the Network Interface Cards (NIC's) at once.
More security put into the product, the Orion hack was not good news.More frequent releases to address small bugs rather than big releases that are rare.More IPv6 related features to make it easier for people familiar with IPv4 to learn IPv6.Ability to edit dashboards using JSON or another similar language.Incentivized
A more user-friendly interface would be nice, but then again it is not really designed for those who are not quite comfortable with this type of software.Changes to functionality on updates - this can sometimes happen unexpectedly and can be an annoyance.More powerful data processing would be welcomedIncentivized
I give Wireshark a 10 for usability because it is very usable. Just about anyone can capture packets within a few seconds of opening the program. The analysis is a science but as far as just using Wireshark; it's very easy.Incentivized
I don't believe Wireshark has "true" support as the software is open source. However, there is an active & friendly community around Wireshark that are more than happy to help answer questions. From a comprehensive Wiki and FAQ section on the site to the Ask a Question forum and bug tracker section, there's plenty of support options to make sure your questions and issues are addressed.Incentivized
Simple and easy setup.Incentivized
MS is meant for windows monitoring and up/down for mostly everything else. Moved away from MS System Center. Now we have better visibility and management can get reports. The other teams have added Linux to Solarwinds and also see improvements in monitoring. Whether you use snmp (v3), wmi or some other credentials to connect to you system, Solarwinds will more than likely be able to manage and monitor it.Incentivized
Wireshark is a free tool that came highly recommended by one of our former network security consultants. Using the tool he was able to resolve all of our higher tier network tickets, so we observed first hand why we needed to add Wireshark into our toolset. We received in-depth instruction and training scenarios that demonstrated the effectiveness and power of the product, so we didn't spend any time reviewing competing products.Incentivized
Reduced site visits and recurring issues by 25 to 35%Enables proactive warning, thereby reducing downtime caused by unforeseen issuesProvides a central panel for monitoring the entire network at a glanceAllows for SLA management thereby increasing accountability by 50%Reduced time to repair by 35% as techs are more informed of root causeIncentivized
Identifying bugs in the network has never been smooth and near-perfect.Wireshark has made sure our equipment and software is working properly via analyzing network data.Analysis of IP packets and Sip call flaws has saved us a lot of time and confident result.Incentivized