Network security threats and measures to combat them have an increasingly large impact on your ability to maintain frontline connectivity. The monitoring and authentication option allows you to identify port-based security threats and troubleshoot connectivity problems in 802.1X secured environments.

Traffic from malware, spyware, and viruses can degrade user PC performance, not to mention threaten the integrity of the network. The Port Monitor feature allows you to configure your NetTool Series II to differentiate between expected and unexpected port traffic, which is key to detecting these malicious applications. Easily add and remove expected ports using the NetConnect Software. NetTool will automatically recognize and flag unexpected traffic during troubleshooting. 

 
Load a list of expected ports from the NetConnect Software.

 
View IP address, port number, protocol, frame type, number of frames, and traffic size of expected or unexpected ports.

802.1X is quickly becoming the preferred authentication protocol for protecting networks against unauthorized users and rogue devices. Monitoring and authentication can help in pre-deployment verification of 802.1X, and in post-deployment troubleshooting. During deployment, your enterprise 802.1X settings can be loaded onto a NetTool. The NetTool then emulates a client on the network and establishes a connection using the loaded credentials.


Emulate a device and link to the network to verify 802.1X configuration settings.

During troubleshooting, the 802.1X Log can be used to monitor the authentication process inline between a PC and the network. All communication will be displayed on the screen and areas of failure will be identified. With the monitoring and authentication feature, you can uncover the root cause of user authentication issues fast without fussing around with time consuming trial and error.

View communication inline during the authentication process.

Identify reasons for failure during the authentication process.