Below are a number of questions that I am asked on a regular basis. Hopefully you will find this information useful in troubleshooting network and application problems.

I spent some time working with Fluke Networks’ DSP-4300 on a infrastructure analysis project. During this project I used the LinkWare software to download the test results from the DSP-4300 and compile the finished reports. The LinkWare product provided an easy means of displaying the test results and delivering a polished report to […]

When using NDIS cards to capture frames, the capture buffer is limited to a maximum of 16 megabytes. If a frame capture is being performed that requires all of the frames on the wire to be stored in the buffer, this capture buffer can fill up quite quickly. Once the buffer fills up, […]

One of the most useful windows in the Detail View of Protocol Expert while capturing is the MAC Statistics window. This window shows a variety of information about the packets that have been captured and the state of the capture buffer.

Function key assignments for Fluke Networks, Inc. Protocol Expert