LANalyzer's filters in particular were quick and easy to use. Finally, we assessed printing and report generation. We tried to print out both summary and detailed views of our packets. Although each product provides an export utility, we would much prefer better report-generation tools built into each product. Network monitoring gives an overall view of utilization and errors on the network, while traffic generation is most useful in testing labs.
Protocol analyzers are a good investment and worth learning how to use.
The time you spend learning about the core network packets will make future troubleshooting much more fruitful. It's both powerful and easy to use, fulfilling our two most important criteria for a network protocol analyzer. LANalyzer's packet capture and decode just make sense, and its filtering is by far the best of the lot. Because the product is easier and more approachable than the others here, we also think you'll use the powerful features of LANalyzer more often. Expert Sniffer Analyzer decodes the most protocols of the bunch, but it can be tricky to use and it's quite expensive.