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ACE imports packet traces from the following sources:
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Network Associates/Network General Sniffer Basic/Pro¨ (Windows version) and Sniffer Analyzer¨ (DOS version )
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- Industry standard binary .enc (Ethernet) and .trc (Token Ring) file formats
- Sniffer's "Print to file" feature enables additional ACE import capabilities such as FDDI
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Cisco NAM
- Capture directly on a Cisco NAM from the ACE Capture Manager or
- Download capture files in .enc format from the Cisco NAM web UI
tcpdump
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- Free UNIX utility widely used in academia.
- Available at many locations, including: http://ee.lbl.gov
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windump
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- Free Windows version of tcpdump
- http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/windump
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Netscout's NetScout Manager™
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- Export to .enc
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ACE also seamlessly interfaces with WildPackets' ProConvert™, an inexpensive conversion utility available at http://www.wildpackets.com/products/free_utilities/proconvert/overview, to support additional file formats, including:
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Agilent LAN Analyzer
— Agilent Technologies
DA-30™ (DOS version) — Wavetek Wandel Goltermann
DatagLANce™ — IBM
Domino™ — Wavetek Wandel Goltermann
EtherPeek™ — AG Group
Fireberd500™ — TTC
Fireberd500™ PC — TTC
Internet Advisor LAN™* (Win95/98) — HP/Agilent
Technologies
Internet Advisor LAN™/49xx (pre-Win 95) — HP/Agilent
Technologies
LAN900™ — Digitech, Inc.
LANalyzer® for Windows — Novell
LANWatch™ — Precision Guesswork
LinkView™ Pro — Wavetek Wandel Goltermann
NetLens™/Spider™ — TTC
Network Monitor (SMS 1.2 and 2.0, NT Server) — Microsoft
NetXRay® (after rel. 2.0) — Cinco (now Network
Associates)
Observer® — Network Instruments
Protocol Inspector® — Fluke
Sniffer® (incl. compressed files) — Network
Associates/Network General
SnifferBasic/Pro® (.cap format through rel. 3.5)— Network
Associates/Network General
Surveyor™ — Shomiti
snoop (free w/ Solaris) — Sun Microsystems