Excellent Network Analysing, Monitoring and Troubleshooting application
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it mainly for interrogation, analysis, and monitoring of network packets. Additionally where there are issues we use it for troubleshooting and remediating these issues. It's easy to use with a practical and straightforward GUI, which is simple to get accustomed to. Additionally with it being open source costs are almost minimal and it still performs as efficiently, reliably, and admirably as paid-for commercial off-the-shelf software competitors.
Pros
- Analysing Network Traffic
- Troubleshooring Network Packets
- Easy to deploy and make modifications to configuration
- Cheap and cost effective to run, administer and manage
Cons
- Sometimes difficult to read analysis
- Lag and Latency may occur occasionally due to over dependency on resources
- Although GUI is easy to use, it needs to be updated to match competitors
- Filters are not easiest to use
Return on Investment
- The return on investment is almost negligible as there were almost zero upfront costs. Reports and in-depth analysis/intelligence gathering are virtually free
- We have saved a lot of money by deploying Wireshark but still have a reliable and efficient network analysing application
- Excellent user interface makes it simplea nd easy to use
Usability
Alternatives Considered
TCPdump
Other Software Used
Atlassian Confluence, Checkmarx
