We performed a comparison between OptiView XG [EOL] and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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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."
"If you're dealing with troubleshooting network, voice issues, or network operations, having a tool like Wireshark to dive into packet details is important. The initial setup is straightforward. Anyone starting out or looking to deploy it on your personal PC or machine can do it easily."
"It's easy to troubleshoot issues because there's a large online community."
"Wireshark has a lot of features. It's a powerful tool if you're familiar with it. You can see everything on the network with it."
"Wireshark is very user-friendly; even someone with basic IT knowledge can use it."
"I use the filters very often, to determine what type of traffic I am looking for. The use of filter allows traffic to be segmented so that a value can be looked at individually apart from the other traffic."
"I can save the traffic and analysis when I want to. Also, it's especially helpful to follow the stream (TCP, UDP, etc.)."
"The options that are required to get the details for the packet drops are good."
"Packet-capture files can be hard to use due to their size. Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files with out opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."
"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."
"The average person would probably find Wireshark hard to use. When I first installed it, I was overwhelmed by all the data it was shooting out. It doesn't make sense until you start doing some research and figure out what everything means. It isn't the most user-friendly tool. It just provides so much information."
"Its user interface was a little less friendly. They can make its user interface a little bit more friendly. It is for technical people, and most of the technical people would be able to figure it out, but it would be good to improve its user interface. They can maybe build artificial intelligence into it. Currently, it takes a lot of manpower to analyze and dissect all the data."
"The only thing that I don't like is sometimes there is an update, and something that I was using is either no longer there or it has changed."
"In the future, it would be nice to see color coding. It is just black and white."
"Wireshark gets stuck when it is a larger file."
"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."
"I wish the filters were a little bit more prepopulated."
"I would like to see Wireshark improve the ease of application of the command. The command is very powerful, but not easy to apply."
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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 Microsoft Network Monitor.
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