Fluke Network Inspector Software

• Quick, detailed device discovery.
• Monitors network devices down to the interface and port level in real-time.
• Shows device interface configuration including speed, type, MTU, slot and port.
• Logs errors and changes on network devices continuously.
• Generates web-based network inventory reports on devices, including: DNS names, IP Addresses and MAC Addresses.
• Product Capabilities
• Device Discovery
• Quick Problem Detection
• Event Notification
• Fast Documentation
• Remote Monitoring

Product Capabilities

Network Inspector will automatically notify you via page or email when something goes wrong. With the press of a button, you can also walk away with a web-based report on IP,IPX, or NetBIOS device inventory and the services they provide. If you have Visio 2000 or V5.0c, Network Inspector will use Visio to create network infrastructure diagrams. This will save you hours of work creating it manually.

When used with other powerful Fluke Networks tools like the OptiView Analyzer, Enterprise LANMeter®, OneTouch™ Network Assistant and 69X Traffic Analyzers, Network Inspector will use them to gain more detailed network information. The Network Inspector OptiView Edition, LANMeter Edition and OneTouch Edition include the Reporter software that can remotely initiate tests on the instrument, retrieve the data and generate web-based reports.

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Network Inspector Standard Editions (Model #s: NIB-250, NIB-1000 and NIB-UNL) include the following features:

• Quick, detailed discovery of network devices.
• Displays of device interface configuration including speed, type, MTU, slot and port.
• Continuously logs errors and changes on network devices
• Recommends solutions to network problems.
• Generates web-based network inventory reports on devices, including DNS names, IP Addresses and MAC Addresses
• Enables remote monitoring of sub-networks and segments.

Optional Switch Inspector Module (included with NIS-250, NIS-1000 and NIS-UNL) offers:

• Hourly and/or daily trends of utilization, errors and broadcasts on all managed device ports.
• Unique Trace SwitchRoute Tool that provides a quick view of switch ports connecting two devices and the latest traffic on each switch port.
• Use of Visio to draw network diagrams showing interconnection of infrastructure devices.
• Web-based reports on the most heavily used switch and router ports.
• Reports of a switch configuration including devices attached to each port.

Upgrade to Network Inspector version 4.1

• In addition to the features of the Network Inspector V4.0, Network Inspector V4.1 adds the following features:
• Improved installation process for Network Inspector and Packet Driver
• Support for Windows® 2000 (English, German and Japanese)
• Support for Visio® 2000 English version with Service Pak 1
• Purchase Gold Priority Support for your current model of Network Inspector and get the upgrade for free.  Offer good through September 30, 2001.

System Requirements
Windows® 98, Windows® 2000 or Windows NT® Version 4.0

• Service Pack 5 or higher
• Microsoft TCP/IP stack
• 200 MHz Pentium® II Processor
• 64 MB RAM
• 150 MB Virtual Memory
• 100 MB Hard Disk Space

Quick, Detailed Device Discovery

If you've been on the trail of a network monitoring system that gives you quick information about your network, is easy to install and easy to use, you've tracked down the answer: Network Inspector.

Network Inspector automatically discovers all the active devices in the broadcast domain; not just the switch segment like other packages, to show you what is on your network.

This discovery encompasses:

• Device Type/Names: DNS, IPX Login and NetBIOS Machine Names
• Device Addresses: all IP Addresses associated with the node and the MAC Address
• Device Services Running: switching, routing, email, web, and print
• Device Interfaces: speed and type
• Device Protocols Supported: IP, IPX, and NetBIOS

Discover directly connected devices to Switch Port (with Switch Inspector Option)

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Quick Problem Detection

The continuous monitoring power of Network Inspector enables the application to note problems and changes that occur for all the nodes in the broadcast domain such as servers no longer responding and IP address changes.

Trace SwitchRoute is a unique feature found in Network Inspector. This tool provides information on how two devices are connected on a switched Ethernet network with details such as link speed and last sampled traffic utilization. This information is useful to help quickly identify bottlenecks as a result of an auto-negotiation problem or design error.

Event Notification

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Fast Documentation

Device Reports These reports provide unparalleled benefits when trying to understand the stations on a network and the services and protocols these stations provide.

• IP Inventory Report
• IPX Inventory Report
• NETBIOS Inventory Report

• Switch (Spanning Tree) Diagram: shows a diagram of switches and interconnecting hubs on your network
• Server Connections in a switched network: shows a diagram of servers, switches and interconnecting hubs on your network
• Router Connections in a switched network: shows a diagram of routers, switches, and interconnecting hubs on your network
• Fluke Tool Connections in a switched network: shows a diagram of Fluke tools, switches, and interconnecting hubs on your network
• Single Switch Detail: draws a diagram of the selected switch and shows all of the servers, routers, switched and interconnecting hubs that are directly connected

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Remote Monitoring

  There is only the need for one agent per broadcast domain to collect and store information in the ODBC-compliant database. Additional network professionals can have access to the same information via consoles on their desktops.

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