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How To

Learn how to create really cool reports with the built in Excel template that comes with with Protocol Expert.

See the video (you may want to right click and save it to locally, since the file is approx 10 MB)

Create a DHCP Capture filter with Protocol Expert

Create a MYMAC Capture filter with Protocol Expert(942 KB PDF) - Start capturing packets without all the network space junk cluttering your screen. (from the Fluke curriculum)

Calculating Throughput with Optiview Protocol Expert and Excel (892 KB ppt) (from the Fluke Networks curriculum)

How to have stop a capture without having direct access to the Optiview or laptop.(from the Fluke curriculum)

You may find it hard to delete that remote agent from your Optiview Console. Here's how I did it.

TIPS

INA Power setting - August 2006

You should set your Power Options->Advanced to shut your unit down when you press the power button. You should also ensure that the Power Options are NOT set for System Standby when plugged in.

List of INA accessories you should have - August 2006

If you've always wondered what other accessories you should have in your INA bag, click this link.

Logging into Web Optiview Console - Feb 2005

If you want to test your Optiview Web access type; http://127.0.0.1:8080/ovc

The default login id is admin and the default password is fnet

To test a remote PC, simply substitute the 127.0.0.1 with the remote PC's IP address.

Copying Files to and from your INA - Dec 2004
Gary Neely

If you need to copy files back and forth from your INA and do not have a network connection, use an USB drive or a cross over Ethernet cable.

Nettool AC Adapter Specs - Dec 2004
Fluke Networks TAC

Just in case you would like to use an AC adapter for your Nettool;

Voltage - 7.5V Output

Wattage - 10W

Pin Polarity - Center Positive, Center is 7.5V, Outside is RTN

NetTool Ping Signature - January 17, 2004

When you use a NetTool to ping another device, the data payload has the following text, “Jamie & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”.

TCP Frozen Windows - August 6, 2002

What does a frozen window mean? Click here.

Fluke Networks Optiview INA Ping Characteristic - May 27, 2002

When an Optiview pings a device the data payload of the packet contains, "Hello, is anybody home?."

Bugs

Etherscope - Wireless throughput feature - April 2007

The Etherscope will erroneously report an error even if the transfer finishes successfully.

Optiview Protocol Expert - Double Clicking a trace file - Sept 2005

Just noticed that if you double click a trace file an analysis trace file is created in the trace file directory. Problem is that if you created any "Mapped ports", they are essentially lost since they are in the analysis.ini file that resides in the application directory

Optiview INA - SNMP Counter does not increment. - December 2004

When querying the INA via a SNMP browser, the InOctets and OutOctets do not increment and stay at zero.

Optiview Protocol Expert - CDP Counter incorrect. - July 2004

Brad M

The CDP counter incorrectly reports 0. Use the Protocol Distribution Chart instead.

ICMP Detail View Typo - October 18, 2002

When looking at the packet detail of an ICMP packet the "Identifier" is incorrectly labeled as "Identified".

Optiview Protocol Expert - Netbeui Incorrectly Identified - April 23, 2002
When using the Protocol Distribution Charts NetBIOS over TCP is misidentified as NetBEUI.

Optiview Protocol Expert - Incorrect DNS decodes - July 11, 2001
You'll find that Netbios over IP broadcasts are decoded as DNS packets in the Detail View.

Optiview Protocol Expert - Dropped Packets - June 24, 2002
If your laptop can not keep up with the traffic load on your NIC, the Dropped counter does not increment.

Fluke Networks Optiview INA - June 5, 2002
When an Optiview finds an application that does not use a well-known port number, it simply doesn't report it.

Bug - Optiview Protocol Expert - Rapid Spanning Tree Decode - May 24, 2002
When decoding Spanning Tree version 2 packets (Rapid Spanning Tree), the BPDU is noted as unknown.

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