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Contents 
Introduction
Exinda Optimizer 4700
eTrust Network Forensics
Observer 10.1
Fluke OptiView Series II
PacketShaper 6500
Specifications
How we tested
Editor's choice
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Exinda Optimizer Enterprise 4700
Exinda is a Melbourne-based company focusing on packet shaping, much like Packeteer. The Exinda unit is aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprise markets but only offers a 100Mb throughput whereas the Packeteer scales right up to 1Gb. Exinda does have other units starting from 2Mb up to 100Mb, and it promises a 1Gb unit in the near future.
Out of the box, it's easy to set up, in fact it was so easy we could set its IP address from the front control panel instead of having to console in. We plugged the LAN side to Port 2 and the WAN side to Port 3. Ports 0 and 1 on the 4700 are additional interfaces that can be used as management ports or to plug in additional networks.
With very little effort you can prioritise traffic and allow applications to burst (which means they can borrow more bandwidth from other applications providing they don't need it). Peer-to-peer applications are grouped by the 4700 and can be instantly blocked or limited during business hours and given more bandwidth after hours.
With the 4700 you can see which applications, hosts, and conversations are consuming bandwidth. The top 10 for all the above can be easily obtained so troubleshooting is made easier and you can even drill down as far as finding out what URLs hosts are going to. There are options to check to see that a remote site is reachable from your network and you can schedule reports to be sent automatically.
The 4700 is much easier to use than to the Packeteer; it focuses more on monitoring what everyone is doing on your network and the reporting is excellent.
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