Re: [Ethereal-users] Intermittent Network Fault - Newbie Protocol Analyser Help

[Jens Link <lists@xxxxxxx>]

"Brett Charlton" <bcharlton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> For the last month or so our users have experienced a network failure
> about once per week.  Rebooting the main 48 port unmanaged switch
> (netgear) resolves the problem.
>  
> I would like to inspect what's going on at the switch to try and get to
> the bottom of the failure.  

I think that Ethereal is the wrong tool for this job. In your case 
using a manageable switch and checking the interface-counter, CPU usage 
and overall utilization is much more helpful then analyzing the network 
traffic. You're problem might be cause by any number of things, from a
defective NIC to a defective power-supply in the switch or even some
cabling problems. 

Jens