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"Gives us the ability to see our network.""It is a very valuable tool. It goes out and does a discovery, which is a great process of it. You could have something like a rogue DHCP server, and it will identify it, and then you can see to which switch port it is connected. It is quite an impressive tool. I really liked it because you didn't have to install an agent on anything. It would just go out and do its discovery. For me, that's great."

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"The filter option provided by Wireshark is its most valuable feature...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""It has a good syntax to put the commands in and get information out of.""The transmission and reception issues are valuable.""You can use Wireshark to see the traffic packet format, the IP layers, the fields, and the enabled flags.""Being able to dissect email data and figure out what is inside email messages was the most valuable feature. Such a feature is pretty helpful for an ongoing forensic investigation or when there is a potential insider threat that you are trying to investigate. It allows you to see the network activity of the users you are investigating. It also gives you more visibility into your network. It was very easy to set up. There is a lot of information out there on Google and YouTube about how to use it. There is also community support. If you have any trouble, it is pretty easy to find an answer online. You will have to do some digging only if you have a very specific use case.""What's best about Wireshark is that it doesn't require installation. It supports cards and monitoring permissions and is sufficient for appending and capturing activities. You won't need to install other tools to use Wireshark, so this saves you time. You can capture packets at any time from your laptop through Wireshark.""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.""It gives us the ability to pinpoint problems and to communicate network problems with software and hardware vendors."

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"Its price can be improved. Their support can also be improved a little bit. In terms of features, it did everything I wanted it to do. With more features, I would have to start installing network agents or something else, and I don't want to have to install anything. This was the value for me about this device.""I would like a built-in tap feature which doesn't interfere with the network, and it allows you to see what is happening there."

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"The product is great but I wish there were more of an emphasis on the command line tools.""We'd like to be able to extract the output into an Excel table.""It would be better if they offered a hybrid version like My Cloud Control.""You need some basic knowledge to work with Wireshark. Maybe it could be more user-friendly just for new users. Just for the new generation.""I wish the filters were a little bit more prepopulated.""I would like better control of bandwidth from the service provider.""We would like the product to be developed so that it doesn't rely on internet access for installation. We would like to see all of the components required to be integrated into the installer.""Big trace files (more than 1,000,000 packets) can be slow, but then you can use "TraceWrangler" (also free) to help with slicing and dicing the data."

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  • "Its price was a bit excessive. The device that I had died. It is under warranty, and they want $20,000 for another one. I just don't want to spend that kind of money, so I'm trying to find an alternate solution. They have annual maintenance on it, which probably was 10% a year, so it all starts to add up."
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  • "It's a stand-alone tool. If there is a commercial license for it I am unaware of it."
  • "It is free to download and install. It runs on multiple platforms, so how can you go wrong?"
  • "It's free."
  • "This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."
  • "It is free."
  • "Wireshark is free software, so you don't have to pay any licensing fee. Individual people can use it and then donate to Wireshark."
  • "Wireshark is free software, so you can download it and use it for free with no licensing fees."
  • "I am using the free version of this solution."
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    Overview

    OptiView XG is the first network analysis tablet designed specifically for the network engineer. It combines critical functions necessary to automate root-cause analysis of both wired and wireless network performance issues – whether network or application related to reduce time for problem identification. OptiView XG supports repeatable, effective troubleshooting – whether pre- or post-deployment.

    Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer.
    Sample Customers
    XG is used in all industries. Example customers include: Republic National Distributing Company, Titelive, CitiGroup, Los Angeles Unified School District, Saudi German Hospital, DeKalb County Schools, Valdosta State University, The Everett Clinic, Bio-Reference, Miami-Dade Library, Mitel, Borsa Istanbul, Cimarex, Air National Guard Lowndes County, High Point City, Carrollton City Schools, Kern County, Pruitt Communications and Bosch Group.
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    Manufacturing Company9%
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    Transportation Company9%
    Healthcare Company9%
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    Government26%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Comms Service Provider8%
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    Financial Services Firm29%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company10%
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    Educational Organization11%
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    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise41%
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    March 2024
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    OptiView XG [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Network Troubleshooting while Wireshark is ranked 3rd in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. OptiView XG [EOL] is rated 8.6, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of OptiView XG [EOL] writes "A valuable, impressive, and portable product that saves time and has great scalability and stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". OptiView XG [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Wireshark is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM, ClearSight Analyzer and Colasoft Capsa.

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