P PROBE, UTILITIES, Alpha & VAX Ethernet monitor / statistics / capture / playback M Probe is a network monitoring tool which allows the real-time capture and/or M graphical display of Ethernet traffic activity and the tabular formatting of ( previously collected frame and/or data. The main features are: H o Extensive user-specified attributes allow fine-grained filtering andI enhanced presentation of raw or computed traffic data. Key attributes are dynamically modifiable. J o Sampling can be performed unattended (in batch for example) by settingI a cycle of alternating collection and sleep intervals. Statistics are produced for every cycle. G o Automatic and static symbolic representation of Ethernet addresses. C o Optional (complete or partial) frame data capture and playback. 1 o Automatic line counters (collision) tracking. I o Runs on both VAX and Alpha/AXP. Heavily speed-optimized high-priority L multi-process MACRO32 user-mode code (assembled on VAX, compiled on AXP)2 for capture/display. Playback program in VAXC. L Please consult the files AAREADME.* and the help documentation for details. Complete source code included. ? Provided executables linked on VAX/VMS 5.5-2 and Alpha/VMS 6.2 F This is release 2.3B. Check Internet sites FTP.WKU.EDU or FTP.SPC.EDUF (or other VMS archives) for eventual newer versions of this software. O =============================================================================== THE AUTHOR