Etherman Version 1.2: A Network Manager''s Workbench Application
Gary R. Ratterree, Udo W. Pooch, Willis F. Marti · 2001
The Network Manager''s Workbench is a set of tools that addresses many different aspects of network management. The Netman tools are a set of network monitoring and packet analysis tools that are one component of the Network Manager''s Workbench. Etherman is one of three tools in the Netman tool set. Etherman provides a real time graphical display of network traffic on an Ethernet network. Etherman color codes network connections to show the dominant protocol that is being used. The amount of traffic between hosts is shown in Etherman by changing the size of the lines connecting hosts. This document is a comprehensive user''s guide covering the capabilities and use of the Etherman network monitoring tool.