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Sneha Singh
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Asked: September 16, 20212021-09-16T13:48:28+05:30 2021-09-16T13:48:28+05:30

What Hardware Device Can Be Inserted Into A Network To Allow An Administrator To Monitor Traffic?

What Hardware Device Can Be Inserted Into A Network To Allow An Administrator To Monitor Traffic?
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    1. Maryam Khalid Bronze
      2021-09-28T00:20:33+05:30Added an answer on September 28, 2021 at 12:20 am

      What Hardware Device Can Be Inserted into A Network to Allow An Administrator To Monitor Traffic?

      The packet sniffer is the device that is inserted into the Network for the Monitor traffic by allowing the administration. A computer is the network sniffer which expropriates the network segment traffic and then copies it for investigation or analysis.

      The packet sniffer is quite useful that’s why the information I have related to the packet sniffers is given in the following section. those who are interested must read it to the end.

      What is the Packet sniffer?

      Packet sniffers are also named as the packet analyzer, network analyzer, or packet sniffing and it is used for monitoring the traffic, troubleshooting the problems related to the network. And the advance sniffers are for the administration or monitor the user activity on the network.

      The sniffing of the packet is the means to collect, analyze and gather a few or all frames or packets that are moving through the network, regardless of the fact how many packets are addressed. That is the only way to gather all the packets for analysis.

      A packet analyzer is divided into two parts: one is the network adapter for the connection with the already established network to the sniffers and the other one is the software for the logging, analysis of the data which are gathered by the devices.

      Classification of the packet sniffers

      The packet sniffer is classified into two forms which are described in the following section:

      Hardware packet sniffers:

      for the analysis of the hardware, the packet sniffers for hardware are built and it is plugged into the network.to determine the traffic of the specific segment the hardware packet sniffer is used. If we fix it to the network properly the sniffers make sure that no packet is lost with the ability of the filters, routing. They are either keep the packets to it selves or move them to the collector for further analysis of the collected data.

      Software packet sniffers

      The packet sniffers of today’s world are the software. some of the networks are not able to configure and do not receive the network traffic which is the flow when they connected with the network that where the software packet sniffer came and change the configuration. The name of the configuration is the promiscuous mode for the network adapters. The works of the sniffer are to gather all the traffic that flows through the network interface. The packets are then used and logged along with the software packet sniffers need.

      What are the works of the packet sniffers?

      The packet sniffers work is not so difficult some of them are listed below with some brief descriptions:

      Network monitoring:

      The work of the sniffer is to analyze the network which is used all times to help the managers for the determining the networks and the bottlenecks in the network are also identified with the help of the sniffers.

      Problem Identification:

      The network troubleshooting is also determined by sniffers. In the case of the failure of some event the collected data helps to analyze the situation and, in the issue, resolving, they can also find the node which is not responding and the lost packets as well.

       

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