Question Category: Choosing the Right Tool

Protection from devices that rarely visit the office
Protect the network from devices that rarely visit your office Over the last few years there has been a slow but steady increase in the use of 802.1X and Network Access Control technologies to secure corporate …
How to pick the right Network support tool?
How to pick the right Network support tool? There are a lot of network, LAN, WAN, wireless and cabling support tools on the market. They all want your money and may claim to do everything you need. So how do yo …
Which Network TAP for me?
Which Network TAP for me? Getting data from your network and into your monitoring and security tools is just as important as the tools themselves, it can also be one of the most challenging tasks. Using network …
Copper cable tester: Your options
Copper cable tester: Your options Companies expect their twisted pair cabling to work flawlessly, but unfortunately that isn’t always the case. For a number of reasons, the network can go down causing huge prob …

Fibre cable testing: Your options
Fibre cable testing: Your options As network speeds increase, so does the importance of the light loss on your key fibre links. Scroll down to read more about the different ways of testing fibre. Fibre Cleaning …

Wireless networking: Which tool?
Wireless networking: Which tool? Due to the growth of wireless networking there follows a growth in support calls, blame and projects to make wireless “work better”. There are a number of tools in the market pl …
Can I use a laptop for packet capture?
Can I use a laptop for packet capture? The most popular packet capture solution in the world is WireShark. It’s no coincidence that it’s free, but it is also quite capable. Even the more expensive analysers wit …
How Do You Monitor a Hosted Application?
How Do You Monitor a Hosted Application? With the rise in hosted applications there is an increasing need to understand how well these applications are being delivered to the users. The challenge begins with th …