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Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

1499.0. "PROBEwatch capture data => IRIS" by WOTVAX::64021::Tim_Banks (Network Mercenary) Thu Sep 29 1994 07:52

	Jack Forrest is interested in hearing from you folks if you think it 
would be nice/usefull/sell more products/etc if PROBEwatch capture data could 
be fed out into an IRIS compatible format, to allow use of the excellent 
decode capabilities in IRIS.

	If you have a view on this, mail NAC::FORREST

	For my 2c worth the answer was yes, definetly although customers 
might want PROBEwatch to provide good quality decode *for all protocols* as a 
native function. (TCP/IP is quite good already I feel)

	Cheers
		Tim
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1499.1Is IRIS a product?WELLIN::MCCALLUMFri Sep 30 1994 07:033
    
    I didnt think IRIS was for customers ???
    
1499.2IRIS is not for customersBIKINI::KRAUSECSC Network Management/HubsFri Sep 30 1994 09:327
Good idea. Shouldn't be too hard to do.

BUT: IRIS is not a product and cannot be given to customers. Or are you 
trying to productize IRIS ?  It's definitely production quality but 
somebody has to fund it.

*Robert
1499.3two viewsWOTVAX::64021::Tim_BanksNetwork MercenaryTue Oct 04 1994 07:2316
Well, you can view this a number of ways,

	*	As a tool to allow us to perform LAN monitoring/diagnostic 
		services, using IRIS with PROBEwatch output is an excellent 
		addition to our portfolio

	*	This *may* just spur someone to fund IRIS and productise it 
		which is what a lot of us have been wanting for years.

I personally would like to see the PROBE/PROBEwatch combo have this 
functionality native in the product.  That is nice and clean, and simple to 
sell.  Then I would like to the probe to be truly RMON compliant, which it 
doesn't appear to be today.

	Tim  (a fan of both tools!)