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SolarWinds IT Management Glossary

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What is Network Sniffing

Network Sniffing refers to utilities that examine data packets on a network to gather data from a packet or to identify the contents of the packet. Network Sniffing utilities help identify unauthorized data on a network. Network Sniffing tools can also gather information about data flow to help administrators identify potential or existing data bottlenecks.

SolarWinds FREE Tools Related to Network Sniffing

Network Device Monitor

Monitor the real-time performance and health of a single device on your network with a cool desktop dashboard. Get started immediately with "out-of-the-box" monitors for Juniper® devices, Cisco ASA appliances, HP Procurve equipment, Cisco switches, and more.

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SolarWinds Products Related to Network Sniffing

Orion NPM v9.5.1 - Evaluation

Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) enables you to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages—before you start getting calls asking if the network is down. And Orion NPM is the easiest product of its kind to deploy, use, and maintain. That means you can spend your time actually managing your network, not supporting your network management software. Learn More »

Engineer’s Toolset v10 - Evaluation

Network troubleshooting is easy when you have the right network tools! Engineer’s Toolset delivers an advanced collection of must-have monitoring, discovery, diagnostic, and Cisco tools. Discover why thousands of network engineers rely on Engineer’s Toolset! Learn More »