This is a READ.ME file for the pre-release version of MONET LAN analyzer LITE (dated: 1/June/1996). C-1996 by ABIT & MG-SOFT. All rights reserved. ========================================================================== Table of contents ----------------- 1. About MONET LAN analyzer LITE 2. Installing MONET LAN analyzer LITE 3. About packet driver 4. Running MONET LAN analyzer LITE 5. Registering MONET LAN analyzer LITE 6. About MONET LAN analyzer (full commercial version) 7. Warning: this is not the final release 8. Warning: limitation of liability 9. More information ========================================================================== 1. About MONET LAN analyzer LITE -------------------------------- Thank you for using MONET LAN analyzer LITE! MONET LAN analyzer LITE has been designed as a powerful debugging utility for IP networking software developers. You can use it for capturing the IP protocol network packets and examining their contents, thus you can effectively follow the 'conversation' between client and server software modules that you are developing and are scattered across the network. Evaluation version of MONET LAN analyzer LITE includes the following features: * Program can capture IP, ARP and RARP protocol packets. * Protocol decoder can decode the following protocol families: - DLC encapsulation layer, - IP, ARP and RARP layers on top of DLC and - TCP, UDP and ICMP layers on top of IP. Everything carried by UDP or TCP layers is decoded as data which permits easy following of the conversation between clients and servers that the user is developing. * Evaluation version of MONET LAN analyzer LITE can keep in memory only a limited number of captured packets while limitations in registered version will be imposed only by the amount of available RAM. * Registered version can filter network packets both, while capturing as well as in analyzing mode (off-line, when the user analyzes the contents of captured packets). * Registered version can save captured packets to file. * Registered version can generate reports and send them to files or printer. Registered version of MONET LAN analyzer LITE is available as a standalone product as well as bundled in MG-SOFT's MG-WinSock Software Developers Workshop and MG-WinSock Software Developers Lab software development kits (by the time the SDW and SDL become available later this year). ========================================================================== 2. Installing MONET LAN analyzer LITE ------------------------------------- To install MONET LAN analyzer LITE, please follow these steps: 1. create a directory for MONET on your HD (e.g. MD \MONET) 2. set \MONET as a current working directory (e.g. CD \MONET) 3. unzip the contents of MONETLT0.ZIP file by typing PKUNZIP MONETLT0.ZIP The following two files should be extracted: MONETLT.EXE - self-extracting archive README.TXT - this file 4. run the MONETLT.EXE file in the following manner: MONETLT -d (please note the -d switch !) =========================== After that software installation is finnished and you should find the following files on your hard disk: README.TXT - this file WARNING.TXT - important notice... please read it! REGISTER.TXT - how to register MONET LAN analyzer LITE MONET.EXE - MONET LAN analyzer LITE program file MONET.DIR - MONET sub-directory tree definition file SYSTEM\SYSTEM.BIN - alias definition file SYSTEM\PROTOCOL.PTC - protocol description file You can remove the following files in order to release some disk space: MONETLT0.ZIP MONETLT.EXE Before running the software, some additional setup is required. MONET LAN analyzer LITE uses XMS memory area for storing captured data from the network, thus HIMEM.SYS (or compatible software) has to be installed. Installation of the HIMEM.SYS driver is done in CONFIG.SYS file. For example: BUFFERS = 30 FILES = 40 DEVICE = C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DOS = HIGH Note: "DOS = HIGH" statement in CONFIG.SYS is valid only in DOS V5.00 or higher. If HIMEM.SYS is not installed, MONET LAN analyzer LITE is not going to start-up! For easier navigation through the program, we suggest installing the mouse driver... Please check your DOS handbook to learn more about DOS system configuration. Before executing MONET LAN analyzer LITE you MUST install the packet driver software! Otherwise MONET LAN analyzer LITE won't start-up! Please read the following section for details. ========================================================================== 3. About packet driver ---------------------- The Packet driver is a TSR driver (Terminate and Stay Resident) and should be installed before running MONET LAN analyzer LITE. The packet driver software for certain type of LAN adapter is usually supplied by the LAN adapter vendor, together with all other supported network drivers (MLID/ODI, NDIS,...). If the packet driver is not supplied together with your LAN adapter, you may download the software from numerous BBS and anonymous FTP or WEB sites. You may also find the packet driver software on many shareware CD releases (Simtel, ...) For the successful installation of the packet driver please refer to the instructions enclosed to the packet driver itself. Anyhow, usually you should specify the software interrupt number (in the range from 0x60 to 0x7F) and the hardware interrupt and I/O port numbers according to your LAN adapter configuration. For example, If you are using the NE2000 compatible LAN adapter configured for the interrupt 12 (0xC) and I/O port 0x300, then the packet driver can be installed by typing: NE2000 0x60 0xC 0x300 on a DOS prompt. In case of successful installation the driver responds with something similar to: > Packet driver for NE2000, version :.4.1 > Packet driver skeleton copyright 1988-92, Crynwr Software. > This program is free software; see the file COPYING for details. > NO WARRANTY; see the file COPYING for details. > > Packet driver is at segment 1D4F > Using 80[123]86 I/O instructions. > Interrupt number 0xC (12) > I/O port 0x300 (768) Thus, if you have a LAN adapter supported by the packet driver, you should be able to run MONET LAN analyzer LITE. Please be aware that some packet drivers behave very well while others tend to crash... We have successfully tested MONET LAN analyzer LITE software on NE2000 compatible network adapters with NE2000 packet driver in the most critical conditions (heavy network traffic) without any problems. ========================================================================== 4. Running MONET LAN analyzer LITE ---------------------------------- If you have followed installation instructions given in section 2. of this readme.txt file and if you have installed packet driver software as described in section 3 of this readme.txt file, you can execute MONET LAN analyzer LITE by simply typing MONET or MONET m on the DOS prompt. The latter will start monitoring immediately, without displaying 'about' window. ========================================================================== 5. Registering MONET LAN analyzer LITE -------------------------------------- Please note that this is a shareware software product and thus you are eligible to use it only for evaluation purposes no longer than 30 days. If you find MONET LAN analyzer LITE useful, please register and gain the following benefits: * full-featured registered version of MONET LAN analyzer LITE on floppy. * printed manual (172 pages) * eligibility for support Shareware registration fee is 60 US$. Please follow the registering instructions given in the REGISTER.TXT file. For your information, registered version of MONET LAN analyzer LITE includes the following additional features and improvements: * the number of captured packets is limited only by the amount of available RAM in your computer * you can use filters for focusing on certain group of network packets that you want to capture or analyze (filters are just as powerful and user-friendly as those in full commercial version of MONET LAN analyzer!) * you can assign names to the frequently used addresses (IP and MAC) so that reports are much easier to follow * you can save captured packets to files for latter off-line analysis * you can send reports to printer * ... ========================================================================== 6. About MONET LAN analyzer (full commercial version) ----------------------------------------------------- MONET LAN analyzer (full commercial version) is a high-performance PC-based set of powerful tools for monitoring traffic on the local area network. It contains a wide variety of functions which offers a comprehensive support to network administrators, managers and troubleshooters as well as to networking software developers in many aspects of their activities. MONET LAN analyzer helps to increase productivity, to optimize network performance and to decrease network downtime. The main features of MONET LAN analyzer are as follows: Real time monitoring: Volume of the network traffic is displayed in many different manners. A wide range of parameters indicating network condition are computed in real time and periodically updated (utilization and traffic volume, time-stamps and delay times, average values, peak times and values, various error indicators,...). Powerful graphical presentation of monitoring statistics with export to the BMP file format. Protocol decoding: Support for packets encapsulated into IEEE 802.2 (LLC and SNAP), IEEE 802.3 (Novell IPX) and Ethernet II frames. Multi-level interpreters for all major LAN protocol families: AppleTalk, DECnet, IPX/SPX, NBeui, NCP (NetWare), NetBios, OSI/TP4, SMB, TCP/IP, SNMP, XNS,.... Traffic generation: Transmitting user-defined packets to the network for network testing purposes (triggering network events or loading network with heavy traffic to examine its behavior in critical conditions). Multi-level filtering: Two levels of capture filters and triggers, display filters, classifying filter structures,.... Filters are completely user-definable and 'point-and-click' easy to build. Many sample filters provided. System requirements: IBM PC/AT or compatible computer using Intel 386 or higher microprocessor, DOS V3.30 or higher operating system, XMS RAM extension (recommended 4 MB or more), XMS memory manager himem.sys. A wide range of LAN adapters is supported, either by MGD interface (MONET Genuine Driver) or through standard Packet driver V1.09 drivers. Pricing info: The actual price ranges from 900US$ to 1800US$, depending on the configuration the user wants to purchase. ========================================================================== 7. Warning: this is not the final release ----------------------------------------- This version is not the final shareware release of MONET LAN analyzer LITE, so it shouldn't be distributed from any web site other than our official sites (http://www.mg-soft.si/ and http://www.abit.co.jp/). This means that *nobody* has a right to place the current software distribution on any kind of publicly available site (web/ftp/gopher/BBS/...) or media (CD ROM/...)! However, we have no objections if you set an URL pointer related to MONET LAN analyzer LITE pointing to any of the following web pages: http://www.mg-soft.si/ (Home page of MG-SOFT Corporation) http://www.mg-soft.si/monet.html (MONET LAN analyzer) http://www.mg-soft.si/monetlt.html (MONET LAN analyzer LITE) http://www.mg-soft.si/monetwr.html (Download MONET LAN analyzer LITE) When we produce the final shareware version of MONET LAN analyzer, we will permit its distribution by all means without any restrictions to anybody (probably in June or July 1996). Thank you for your cooperation! ========================================================================== 8. Warning: limitation of liability ----------------------------------- Neither ABIT nor MG-SOFT warrant the fitness of MONET LAN analyzer LITE for any particular task, nor will ABIT or MG-SOFT be liable for any loss of profits, loss of data, or any incidental or consequential damage caused by the use or misuse of MONET LAN analyzer LITE. ========================================================================== 9. More information ------------------- Ordering, questions, comments, suggestions and bug reports regarding MONET LAN analyzer, MLOG utility, CNU microcomputer board, 32-bit winsnmp.dll module, 32-bit WinSock components for Delphi 2 or any other ABIT's or MG-SOFT's product are welcome. Please send them to the following addresses: ABIT Corporation MG-SOFT Corporation 29-11 Hiraoka-cho Strossmayerjeva 32a Hachioji-shi 2000 Maribor Tokyo 192, Japan Slovenia Phone +81 426 271900 Phone +386 62 2295050 Fax +81 426 275221 Fax +386 62 222725 Email monet@abit.co.jp Email monet@mg-soft.si http://www.abit.co.jp/ http://www.mg-soft.si/ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! + !! MONET LAN analyzer - for a closer look into your net !! + !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ==========================================================================