A Comparative Study of Various Wireless Network Monitoring Tools

Abstract

Nowadays wireless networks are growing very rapidly. Similarly, number of users which are using wireless network are also growing daily. With the development and popularity of the wireless network, it is important for the network administrators to keep the network efficient and smooth. It is very important to monitor the network traffic. Packet sniffer tools help in network monitoring and troubleshooting the network problems. At present a number of packet sniffer tools are available in the market. In this paper a number of wireless network monitoring tools are discussed. It focuses on basics of various wireless sniffer tools and their working under different operating environment. This paper also focuses on the capability of these tools to troubleshoot wireless network problems.