No longer sold by NetScout, the Visualizer, Administrator and Sniffer Distributed products were sold by Network General prior to its acquisition by NetScout in 1997. These products provided significant functionality for monitoring network traffic and for scaling this monitoring across large enterprises. Today, NetScout offers nGenius InfiniStream intelligent Deep Packet Capture-based devices as a migration path for Sniffer Distributed appliances, and nGenius Performance Manager provides end-to-end visibility, reporting, and administration to replace Visualizer and Administrator.

Products & Descriptions       Administrator Provides a single console that consolidates the management, administration and security of all Sniffer instrumentation.           Sniffer Distributed Passively captures and monitors network traffic with expert analysis as either a dedicated appliance or user-installed software. Provides onboard short-term reporting and integrates with Visualizer to provide long-term reporting. Integrates with Application Intelligence, VoIP Intelligence, and Mobile Intelligence to provide users with advanced analysis capabilities.           Visualizer Visualizer provided a consolidated reporting console for multiple Sniffer Distributed appliances. Visualizer customers wishing to upgrade should consider migrating to nGenius Performance Manager.