Network port troubleshooting is probably the best use case that we have. We test the performance and configuration of network ports across two campuses.

With respect to using the tool to troubleshoot, we've located several network extensions and several network loops. We've used it to confirm performance at 10Gig, 5Gig, and 1Gig, which are the various core configurations that we offer.

Initially, the primary use case was to troubleshoot and test 10 gigabit fiber. However, since then, we have mainly been using it for the ability to do wireless surveys on the device.

There are a few things that I use it for. In addition to network troubleshooting, I do a lot of network forensics. For example, occasionally I will have a lot of rogue devices on the network. I will also look at, say, a printer that should not be there because it is vulnerable. People could get into it and start viewing the print jobs. I also use it to check Ethernet ports to see if they are currently active. And if they're not, should they be? Are there any VLANs attached to it that it shouldn't be? 

Pretty much anything security-related: detecting if something is on or off, if something is working, or if there's a device on the network that shouldn't be—that's what I use the device for.

Klipsys Technologies provides IT Solutions for businesses with an understanding of the high demands of customers and employees. Klipsys works to build a complete solution from the ground up or to expand and improve the current framework. We perform a great deal of network testing and network installs. And in addition, we provide wireless installs, surveys, and management. 

EtherScope is an all-in-one networking tool that replaces multiple products. I've done heat mapping and topology at about 400 sites with it so far. We have three implementation engineers using it at my company. 

We have the spectrum analyzer module that sits on the top of the 300, which unfortunately isn't available for the other one.

We are a company that specializes in troubleshooting, but we also have to install systems to allow our customers to monitor their networks. One of the main purposes of this tool is, of course, during troubleshooting missions, but also to verify the network connections for those big appliances. If you install a device to monitor the network, you have to be certain that it is correctly connected to the network and that's when the EtherScope is very valuable for us.

I use it for WiFi troubleshooting, network validation, and cabling validation.

We are a managed service provider. We provide network as a service to other people. We use this solution to help to diagnose and troubleshoot their networks.

We use it daily. That is our go-to meter for anything abnormal or weird.

We use it to troubleshoot network cabling issues as well as identify network ports and network connectivity issues from the end user to the switch. It is a device that helps us test cables and network connectivity.

We have used it for 10 gigabit performance testing. Originally, when we first got the device, for about the first three to four months, that was exclusively how it was used, in a heavy-use environment. We had some new 10 Gb equipment that we were stress testing, but we also wanted to confirm that things were working. We had just gotten the nXG product in our hands, so what better use of it?

After that point, we have used it a lot for wireless, day-to-day operations, and troubleshooting. We've used it for some specific Linux server test-bed scenarios, with different functions tied to it. We've done wire surveys and troubleshooting as well. 

We have definitely used it for the last six to nine months, regularly, as our proof that when we turn up at a new customer, everything's working.

There are four of us, including me, using the device in our company. I'm the most advanced engineer and have been using these products the longest. I've got another engineer who has used it for specific tasks that I've pointed him towards. I also have a technician who uses it fairly frequently for basic testing and troubleshooting and certification. And our NOC manager, who is more a peer of mine — he's more technical than the other two, from the years of experience — was the one who used it for the first three months on the 10-gig. It has a pretty good range of direct uses.

Currently, I use the product for daily troubleshooting as needed. That ranges from wireless or wired problems, performance testing, certification, network certification, and proof of concepts. Since I am a beta customer as well, I've had very specific targeted tests at the request of the manufacturer on top of my own lab testing. I've tested heavily in our lab environment over the years, including stress tests, break/fix tests, and testing specific features and bugs. It's a very wide gamut of use cases.  As of the initial writing of this, I am now my companies CIO and I cannot stress enough just how valuable this product is to us and our customers needs.

I'm a wireless engineer. I do both troubleshooting and design. I use NetAlly EtherScope nXG mainly as a troubleshooting device, and I also use it to collect data so that when I do my designs, I have all of the data that I need.

My primary concern was wireless networking troubleshooting capabilities.

I use it regularly for both wired and wireless troubleshooting, performance testing, and verification.

I am a customer and beta tester for NetAlly.

Our company is an IT integrator and we have a lot of work on different kinds of IP networks. We deploy networks, we troubleshoot them, and we optimize them. The EtherScope is very useful in our day-to-day activities when we are onsite too, for example, to check the network drop, which port is on the switch, and to see all the details about the switch.

We also use it to test cables for any kind of damage. It tests all eight wires in the internet cable. It has a small dongle that you can put on the other side of the cable and know the exact length and condition of the cable.

We also use it for testing high bandwidth links, such as 10 Gb fiber links between different buildings, or even different sites. We can use the EtherScope to run a speed test to see what the max capacity is that we can achieve on the fiber.

I use it primarily to troubleshoot wireless WiFi networks. I look for channel interference, I look for signal level problems, and I channel-ize things on the fly with it, very successfully.

I use it at least once a week. It depends on the jobs, as I do all kinds of different jobs. Sometimes I'll use it every day during the course of a job. Sometimes I'll use it just to analyze an existing system, to define what needs to be fixed or addressed. I also use it just to double check that what I install is the way it's supposed to be, as far as channelization and signal levels go.

I have the unit that came with the extra antenna and I also have the SFP, but I mainly use the main base unit for troubleshooting.

I currently work as an Enterprise and Data Center Network Consultant. Because of that I’m in a wide variety of customer environments that change constantly. The flexibility of the nXG allows me to keep it with me, no matter where I am and know I have the resource to perform wired, copper or fiber, and wireless network testing. This flexibility allows me to have instill my customers with confidence after an install that their network services are available and functioning as expected.

Our biggest use case is the heat map. We also use it for testing cable length, and/or verifying what port an unmarked data drop is going to.

We're in a big push to get proper network documentation. When we go to a site, we take a NetAlly with us and we try to do both a heat map and use the discovery function. Additionally, if we're onsite and we're troubleshooting some issues, we might use both the AutoTest and Cable Tester to identify problems that we need to fix. For example, we tend to have long cable runs that sites need to be replaced or addressed.

The NetAlly product is still relatively new for us and we are exploring what other functions it will do for us. It's not a tool we use daily. We use it three or four times a month at this point.

The main thing I wanted to do with it was to inject noise into the line but I also used it to see how much noise was on the line. I also used it to measure the cable length and the pairing quality of the cable. 

In addition, I could remote in from my computer, as long as it was on a network, so I didn't have to go back and forth. If I needed it in the lab, I'd place it there and go to my laptop and control it. I could read all the tests and do any tests, all I needed to, which was really good.

NetAlly EtherScope nXG is an all-round tool we use for front-end troubleshooting, performance tests, and cable testing.

I use NetAlly EtherScope to connect and view problems with networks. I have two units that help with recovery.

I sell, create, and install WiFi for customers. Not everyone has the knowledge to work with WiFI nor do they have the money to purchase NetAlly EtherScope.

We are a group that tests WiFi routers and interaction between those routers and client devices, such as laptops, etc. We use these NetAlly devices pretty extensively for getting a third-party view of what's going on over the air.

We use it primarily for its WiFi-related features, such as looking at what channels are being used, what other access points are on the air nearby. At times we use it at a customer's location in real-world settings, and at other times we use it in the lab when we're creating our own scenarios.

It helps us confirm what's in the air.