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LanProbe Overview
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LanProbe Overview
This section provides some general information on the Agilent 4986B Ethernet
LanProbe.
The LanProbe is a non-intrusive SNMP agent that monitors all packets and
network performance. This includes current and historical traffic statistics and
snapshots of selected packets.
The following topics are covered:
“System Overview” below
“Supported MIBs” on page 7
“Management Stations” on page 8
“Access Security” on page 8
“Status LEDs” on page 10
“CONFIG Button” on page 11
“Included Parts” on page 11
System Overview
A typical LanProbe distributed monitoring system consists of the following:
One or more LanProbes
One or more NetMetrix management stations, using NetMetrix
Figure 1-2 on page 6 shows a LanProbe system example.