LANCatch™ Trace Utility

for Dos

Troubleshooting problems on remote networks can be a complex task for support engineers and network administrators. While network traces are frequently needed to provide a detailed view of the problem, few end users have the tools or expertise to generate them. Sending personnel on-site to investigate these problems can rapidly escalate travel costs and strain already limited resources.
FTP Software's LANCatch™ Trace Utility for DOS provides a unique solution to the problems of troubleshooting remote networks. LANCatch allows end users to easily capture network traffic to a trace file, eliminating the need to send support engineers on-site to analyze complex network problems.

FEATURES

BENEFITS

Easily captures network traffic to a trace file

LANCatch can quickly be configured for a specific network environment and sent to a remote user. While the user re-creates their network problem, LANCatch saves the resulting network traffic in a trace file. The trace file can then be forwarded to a support engineer or network administrator for detailed analysis.

Provides extensive background filters for isolating packets

LANCatch supports extensive background filtering, making it easy to isolate specific data packets. Filters can be applied to IP or MAC addresses, network addresses, host names, protocols, and packet contents. LANCatch also provides Boolean operators to further define the traffic to be captured. Filter specifications can be set in a filter file, allowing support engineers to specify complex filters without end- user intervention.

Supports a broad range of Ethernet and Token Ring adapters

LANCatch runs over NDIS drivers or Packet Drivers, supporting a broad range of Ethernet and Token Ring network interface cards. LANCatch requires no special hardware, making it versatile enough for almost any network configuration.

Fully compatible with LANWatch Network Analyzer for DOS

LANCatch is also the perfect companion to FTP Software's LANWatch Network Analyzer for DOS, which provides real-time capture and graphical display, and offers exceptional performance at low cost.

LANCatch currently supports the LANWatch trace file format. Organizations that use other network analyzers can use LANCatch simply by converting the LANCatch trace file to the format required by their analyzer.


LANCatch Specifications

Media Supported

Protocol Filters Supported

General:

AppleTalk:

Banyan VINES:

DECnet IV:

Novell:

OSI:

TCP/IP:

XNS:

Other:

Network Interfaces Supported

System Requirements

FTP Software, Inc.

Copyright FTP Software, Inc. 1994 All rights reserved.

FTP Software, PC/TCP, InterDrive, PC/BIND, and LANWatch are registered trademarks of FTP Software, Inc. OnNet, EntranX, and LANCatch are trademarks of FTP Software, Inc. Other tradenames, trademarks, or registered trademarks are property of their respective holders. Specifications are subject to change.