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Chapter 13

Utilities

Surveyor includes the following utilities to enhance your ability to manage your Ethernet, Token Ring, or Fast Ethernet network. The utilities are briefly described in the table below:

Table 13-1. Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Network Management Utilities

Utility	Description
Name Table	Provides associations between symbolic names and network
	addresses.
NIS-to-Name-Table	Converts an NIS name table on a UNIX system to Surveyor format.
Sniffer Translator	Enables Surveyor and Sniffer systems to exchange captured data.
Internet Advisor	Enables Surveyor and Internet Advisor systems to exchange captured
Translator	data.
Get Version Information	Provides information about analyzer devices or adapters installed in
	your PC.
Identify-a-Module	Verifies that the correct module is connected to the correct network or
	network segment.
Merge Histogram Files	Merge two historgram files into one file.
Convert Capture Files to	Converts capture files in the older .cap format to historgram (.hst)
Histogram Files	format.
Extract Frames to File	Extracts frames from an existing capture file using a filter and saves
Using Filter	the new capture file to disk.
Logging Utilities	Provides logging of counter, expert, and alarm information.
Export Utilities	Provides various means to export Surveyor data to different formats.

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