We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is the way it monitors the environment, and how user-friendly the console is for the end-user. The interface is also very easy and it captures all the information very well."
"There are a lot of options for customization of the dashboard, alerts, and reports."
"Being able to easily, and quickly obtain disc space statistics from servers and determine how much was free or used on various volumes."
"The set up was very easy. We didn't have any problems with the setup. The deployment took less than an hour."
"The product is scalable."
"It covers everything from end to end, from the standpoint of endpoint machines and the routers and switches. The switch port also comes there."
"The ability to customize the views and dashboards is nice. SolarWinds also allows us to access the data via the API. That's probably the feature I liked the most."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its graphical interface and reports."
"I find Wireshark a very useful tool. Its best feature is that it allows me to deeply understand what's going on at the packet level, as well as any adverse signatures that I can analyze. When I need to create an IPS rule, I need to check the traffic deeply to get more insights about the actual traffic, what's the name of certain flags, etc., and I'm able to do all that through Wireshark. The tool is also user-friendly."
"Packet-capture files can be hard to use due to their size. Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files with out opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."
"Wireshark's best feature is that it's adaptive, which means it's the go-to tool for network-related developers."
"The options that are required to get the details for the packet drops are good."
"The drill-down available for packet analysis is great. It gives a network security engineer insight into what is going on at the packet level and enables better troubleshooting."
"The feature to incorporate Voice over IP (VoIP) incidents into network traffic analysis is valuable. Capturing voice or SIP communication allows for examination of interactions between SIP clients and SIP servers. This helps the team investigate or analyze issues related to call center servers and operators."
"You can use Wireshark to see the traffic packet format, the IP layers, the fields, and the enabled flags."
"I use the filters very often, to determine what type of traffic I am looking for. The use of filter allows traffic to be segmented so that a value can be looked at individually apart from the other traffic."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"Being able to detect devices that are trying to connect wirelessly would make using this solution much easier."
"We decided that we were no longer going to trust that their products have not been capitalized."
"Having more technical and support resources available in Saudi Arabia would be helpful."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
"If they could combine everything into one product, that would be very helpful."
"The reporting module that got integrated into the system itself, used to be a standalone solution and I preferred that."
"The price of the solution can be improved."
"The reporting is good, but I want it to be a little easier when creating custom reports. The reports are all on the website now, but it takes some know how to get some to display the way you would like."
"Wireshark is restricted when any sort of encryption is involved, such as XSL encryption or DLX."
"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."
"It is difficult to scale this solution."
"Sometimes I need to use tcpdump when I need to check the packets on CLI."
"The only thing that I don't like is sometimes there is an update, and something that I was using is either no longer there or it has changed."
"Wireshark could be improved with a delay option when getting data automatically."
"The Wireshark search function shows green for a correct search and red for an incorrect search. If there were a way to provide a description about what a search - and the similar ones which are available - can do, while a person is typing it, it would make the product easier to use and simultaneously decrease the learning curve."
"I would like to see Wireshark improve the ease of application of the command. The command is very powerful, but not easy to apply."
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SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 4th in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and HPE OneView, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Nagios XI, Zabbix, Colasoft Capsa, ClearSight Analyzer and Microsoft Network Monitor.
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