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Network Monitor Best practices
Updated: January 21, 2005
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Best practices
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Running Network Monitor during low-usage times
Run Network Monitor at low-usage times or for short periods of time. This decreases the effect that Network Monitor might have on the performance of your computer. -
Capturing minimum amount of network statistics
Use capture filters and capture only as many statistics as you need for evaluation. This prevents you from capturing too much information to make a reasonably quick diagnosis of the problem. -
Viewing Network Monitor captures
Use display filters when viewing captured frames to omit extraneous captured frames. -
Capturing frames on token ring networks
Token ring adapters reject frames larger than a size specified in their configuration settings. If you capture frames on token ring networks, set your network adapter to accept the largest possible token-ring frame size, which is 17 KB. For more information, see the documentation for your network adapter.
