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From: humtech@ucschu.UCSC.EDU (Mark Frost)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: AppleTalk analyzer...
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Date: 22 Sep 88 16:41:14 GMT
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Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Humanities Division
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Is there some sort of analyzer for AppleTalk? We have TrafficWatch, but
that only displays graphical info and not the same level of diagnostics
as an EtherNet Analyzer.

Our problem is that our AppleTalk/PhoneNet network is getting slow and
sometimes some nodes (macs) will completely freeze. This is not because
we have very many users or that they are generating unusually high
levels of traffic (at least not that we have seen). Often we can see
this sluggishness using CAP's AUFS file server system. Today, we were copying
a file using the file server and the mac we were using, just hung up 
completely (showing the wristwatch, and the little arrows in the upper left
hand corner of the screen). Our AppleTalk/LocalTalk (whatever they're calling
it nowadays) is connected to our Ethernet via a Fastpath which goes to 
our UNIX machine. We would like to diagnose this weird problem before we
expand the network further. We have also had problem with both MacIP and
NCSA Telnet just freezing up (and subsequently closing their connections).

I've heard of InterPoll. Does it do more than TrafficWatch? Is it a
commercial product and not Shareware/Freeware?

Your help is GREATLY appreciated,

Mark Frost
	Office of the the Computing Coordinator
	Humanities Division
	University of California at Santa Cruz
Internet: humtech@ucschu.UCSC.EDU
Bitnet: humtech@ucschu.bitnet