We performed a comparison between LinkSprinter and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Troubleshooting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool fits in your pocket, so it's easy to carry and you don't have to have a big bag of tools."
"The solution provides switch port and VLAN information."
"The drill-down available for packet analysis is great. It gives a network security engineer insight into what is going on at the packet level and enables better troubleshooting."
"I find Wireshark a very useful tool. Its best feature is that it allows me to deeply understand what's going on at the packet level, as well as any adverse signatures that I can analyze. When I need to create an IPS rule, I need to check the traffic deeply to get more insights about the actual traffic, what's the name of certain flags, etc., and I'm able to do all that through Wireshark. The tool is also user-friendly."
"It gives us the ability to pinpoint problems and to communicate network problems with software and hardware vendors."
"Setup is very easy. It's also possible to change source code and compile if you want to change something in the code, because it's free."
"It has good basic features."
"The filter option provided by Wireshark is its most valuable feature...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The strongest feature of this solution, is the ability it gives us to carry out deep-packet inspections on our network, particularly when a function isn't performing as it should."
"Wireshark helps us to understand network traffic."
"They could make it easier to set up originally, because the initial setup can be quite hit and miss."
"The solution should improve cable testing."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"The system could be improved upon by adding a better and more powerful data processing engine."
"We'd like to be able to extract the output into an Excel table."
"This product needs to improve the UI."
"You need good network connectivity to download during the setup, otherwise, it might take a while."
"Whenever we select one of the packets, in terms of the number of bytes, for example, there are three planes, and in the detailed plane, I have to count the number of bytes manually."
"The product has been using the same GUI for many years."
"In the future, it would be nice to see color coding. It is just black and white."
LinkSprinter is ranked 7th in Network Troubleshooting with 3 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 4th in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. LinkSprinter is rated 9.0, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of LinkSprinter writes "A small, convenient tool that is very stable, but needs to have a longer battery life". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". LinkSprinter is most compared with LinkRunner and NetAlly EtherScope nXG, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Colasoft Capsa, SolarWinds NPM and Dynatrace. See our LinkSprinter vs. Wireshark report.
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