We performed a comparison between LinkSprinter and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Troubleshooting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution provides switch port and VLAN information."
"The tool fits in your pocket, so it's easy to carry and you don't have to have a big bag of tools."
"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."
"It is a stable product. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"The solution is easy to install and use."
"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."
"The transmission and reception issues are valuable."
"The options that are required to get the details for the packet drops are good."
"I have found the most valuable feature you can design your sniffer the way you want to."
"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 solution should improve cable testing."
"They could make it easier to set up originally, because the initial setup can be quite hit and miss."
"Wireshark is restricted when any sort of encryption is involved, such as XSL encryption or DLX."
"It would be better if they offered a hybrid version like My Cloud Control."
"In the future, it would be nice to see color coding. It is just black and white."
"Whenever we select one of the packets, in terms of the number of bytes, for example, there are three planes, and in the detailed plane, I have to count the number of bytes manually."
"I wish the filters were a little bit more prepopulated."
"Big trace files (more than 1,000,000 packets) can be slow, but then you can use "TraceWrangler" (also free) to help with slicing and dicing the data."
"The system could be improved upon by adding a better and more powerful data processing engine."
"We'd like to be able to extract the output into an Excel table."
LinkSprinter is ranked 7th in Network Troubleshooting with 3 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 3rd in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. LinkSprinter is rated 9.0, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of LinkSprinter writes "A small, convenient tool that is very stable, but needs to have a longer battery life". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". LinkSprinter is most compared with LinkRunner and NetAlly EtherScope nXG, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM, ClearSight Analyzer and Colasoft Capsa. See our LinkSprinter vs. Wireshark report.
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