RMONGrabber

RMON Capture Analysis Module WildPackets’ RMONGrabber software enables network engineers to collect packet information from RMON probes for analysis in OmniPeek. Combining RMONGrabber with these products enables engineers to interactively troubleshoot remote networks in the same way, and with the same powerful features that are available when using these analyzers to troubleshoot local networks. A network administrator can communicate with an RMON probe in a remote office location and instantly view the packets in a Capture window, identifying problem situations without requiring expensive and inconvenient off-site visits. When installed with OmniPeek, RMONGrabber can also build Peer Maps and perform Expert Analysis on remote network segments.

Features

When you install RMONGrabber, it becomes an integral part of the analyzer. RMONGrabber allows OmniPeek to acquire packets from RMON probes on remote network segments and capture them directly into local Capture windows, where you can use all the Analyzer tools for filtering, decoding, selection, analysis, and more.

Probe Capture Options

The Probe Capture Options allows the administrator to select whether packets that are acquired from the remote probe should be retrieved in a real-time stream or whether those packets should be delivered once the capture has been finished. It is also possible to set the packet buffer, packet slicing and refresh rates.

Probe Filter Options

By placing the onus on the probe, remote filtering ensures the most efficient transmission of packets to the analyzer. RMONGrabber has the capability of filtering both addresses and ports. As in OmniPeek, the address filter UI has the same ability to resolve names with its pull out menu. This feature will take a name and covert it to an address or take an address and convert it to a name. The port filter allows for the specification of traffic related to particular services and those ports where the traffic could be addressed.

Multiple NIC Capture

OmniPeek allows multiple, simultaneous capture sessions to be active at the same time and from different segments of the network. Multiple capture buffers can be used for a single adapter to separate different types of traffic (ie: TCP/IP into one buffer, NetWare into another). To analyze traffic from different network segments, multiple LAN and/or WAN adapters can be used. If RMONGrabber is employed, packet data from remote segments can also be accessed.

RMONGrabber v1.6 supports the following analyzers:

• OmniPeek Enterprise 5.0
• OmniPeek Enterprise with Enhanced & Video 5.0
• OmniPeek Basic 5.0
• OmniPeek Professional 5.0
• OmniPeek Professional with Advanced Voice & Video 5.0

Remote capture with RMONGrabber requires a supported, standards-compliant RMON probe.

RMONGrabber was designed for use with NetScout Probes, but has been tested successfully with other RMON-compliant probes that support the packet capture group.

WildPackets Wins Network Magazine 2003
"Product of the Year" Award

April 23, 2003
Press Release

"WildPackets proves that innovation in the network IT space is alive and well." - Steve Steinke, Editor-in-Chief, Network Magazine. For the second year in a row WildPackets receives top honors for EtherPeek NX and RMONGrabber.