Networking Tool Most in Use in the real world

Hi Everyone,

Which networking analysis tool do you recommend to get familiar with for a CCNA currently shopping for jobs such as 1st line network support or NOC environment ETC.

I am based in the UK

Thank you

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keenon

solarwinds products are used, fluke and a few others as well

Netwurk

ethereal is a great freebie tool - it's widely used

sprkymrk

Netwurk wrote:

ethereal is a great freebie tool - it's widely used

Now known as wireshark.

http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/09/1349255&from=rss
http://www.wireshark.org/
http://www.ethereal.com/

Netwurk

Good point. The Ethereal site doesn't point that out, however. Here's the scoop:

http://www.devxnews.com/article.php/3628426

Humper

Wireshark is a good network analyzer
SolarWinds is a very popular Network Performance Monitor
WhatsUpGold is a good piece of software for ping (network up or down)

borumas

I don't know how popular they are but here are a few freebie tools I've used in my job: Netstumbler (tracking wireless), Qcheck (check throughput and bandwidth), and Angry IPscanner (scan ip ranges for active devices). I didn't know how popular What's Up Gold is but we use it at work to monitor all of our access points, routers, switches, and servers- it is a good tool.