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1. 24 PRINT 25 NetSkate User Manual 1 Getting Started lt 2 s nl Hello are you busy with something today I need your help Nothing specific to do for now Tell me what can I do for you Yes I have a NetSkate package I have heard you are familiar with NetSkate I thought you could help me to Navigate through the Package and generate and display Local Network Maps I understand that we can plot online graphs to monitor network traffic and also visualize interface and resources status Apart from these there 15 a feature called Reachability viewer which 15 also explained graphically That sounds pretty interesting Let us start right away Here it is I am told we can run this package on Windows MacOS X and different flavors of Unix and Linux operating Systems How do I install it Can you guide me NetSkate Installation is very simple You can refer to NetSkate Installation Guide Even I learnt from this document After Installation the NetSkate directory will be created Cyber Solutions Inc 1 NetSkate User Manual ww C NetSkate File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Select item to view its description Uninstaller netskate netskate MetSkate Met5kate I ServerManage Serverlana OK How can I start NetSkate Do I need to change the setti2. Oh Good That is Netskate displaying all the features am looking forward to know more about them The following sections will provide an overview of most of the above listed features Shall we start generating a map and plot the graph Cyber Solutions Inc 10 NetSkate User Manual j 5 I am just thrilled to know that we are going to plot graphs I have a fascination for graphs Before starting can you tell me how to close NetSkate 1 3 Closing NetSkate Client 03 Closing NetSkate Client is simple On the toolbar Quits the package Hmm But then do I need to arrange all my graphs and windows again D No NetSkate client asks to save the screen settings and when starting the client again you can get your screen settings again iol xi Do you want to save the Current Screen settings Cyber Solutions Inc 11 NetSkate User Manual 1 4 Stopping NetSkate Server D After stopping all the client the server can be stopped using the server manager inj xj File Tools Server IP Address 192 168 0 117 erver Status art Time Tuesday June 11 2002 10 32 14 AM otal Clients 0 Client Status The server can be stopped by clicking on Stop Server Button The server manager stops the Server stopping Server The Exit button on File menu exits the Server Manger application 103 2 5 m O
3. fields are enabled Insert the dates in the specified format DD MM YY Y Y Select Show from the Graph Dialog Time Time DDM YYYY _ From now From Date From Date 01 06 2002 To Date To Date 07 06 2002 stow concor update 9 Thereis data for this range setting to available date range Cyber Solutions Inc 8 NetSkate User Manual etSkate jm a E ium Fin X File Edit View Tools Window Help esr Graph Dialog Select Data Current Selection Domain Host Name al ManagedObjectIn Bytes gt Interface MAC Bridge Miniport Buffer Size Polling Interval 1 mi n Title for the Window 2 Online 1 1 min Palette From now From Date 5 6 2002 To Date 7 6 2002 tow Cancel d In the Graph Dialog Interface Name is there Can I see the Interface Status also Oh yes You can see the Disk Status and Interface Status also 2 5 Visualize Disk amp Interface Status 2 5 1 Interface Status 3 J SZ Re This displays all the interfaces associated with the host Right click on a PC icon on the map A context menu is displayed Select Interface Status from this m
4. 1824680 18 SHOGIN Bo ts 2 Hips 2 101 Kips 162468017 SARAS 2 1 17 182680 18 SHUBA Bo ts 434 Kips 20s 1 16268080 suma 550 Kips 2 Kp 2 Cyber Solutions Inc 19 NetSkate User Manual 3 2 Host Status Didn t I tell you Map Display is one nice and easy feature Ho status Of a hos tus can I check the sta t amp System Details Device SHOGUN Interface Status Online Offline Graph 192 168 0 15 SHOGUN Connections __ O InterFaces Interface Index Interface Description EN Service System Details Online Offline Grap MS TCP NDIS 5 SHOGUN 192 168 0 15 Cyber Solutions Inc 20 NetSkate User Manual 3 3 Host Traffic Using the best Grapher tool around See NetSkate has it How can I see the traffic of my hosts Open GraphDialog and specify your host details and Show aci MEC n File Edit View Tools Window Help Select Data Current Selection Domain Name LocalNet _ Host Name ManagedOhject Interface Name Community Buffer Size poling Interval online 1 min 193944 2 From now Fr
5. 150 Kbps ERE h 192 168 0 15 SHOGUN 00 50 0 bps O bps 2 5 2 101 Kbps 192 168 0 17 SARAS 00 50 ba 8b 9 0 bps O bps 2Mbps 1 89 Kbps 7 En ha 192 168 0 18 SHUBA D0 50 bacBc 29 0 bps O bps 434 Kbps 20 Kbps 1 192 168 0 80 SHIRANUI 08 00 46 14 9 0 bps 0 bps 559 Kbps 25 Kbps 2 Can you tell me what else 15 there on this table IP Table displays the IP Address of the machine MAC Address Min Max and Average Traffic Cyber Solutions Inc 5 NetSkate User Manual You were telling me that we could plot this on Graphs also We are going to do that only 2 3 Online Graph Select Online Offline graph from the Tools menu Window Help Online Offline Graph he Disk Status Shift Reachability Viewer 1 Snmp Reachability Viewer Shit H Save as Default Screen A graph dialog is displayed You have to enter the data in the fields The data can also be selected from the drop down menus Click Show The graph 1 is S plotted ar and 4 displayed f gt NetSkate File Edit View Tools Window Help Graph Dialog Data Select Data Current Selection Domain Name Buffer Size 1 1 day Polling Interval 5 seto Title for the Window JOnline 1 5 set t 2 56 08 18 04 30 Palette Time DD MMYYYY vi From
6. Exit Cancel When you select Save the data is saved If you want to quit the application you can select Save amp Exit Cancel will quit the window How can I see reachability of my host You can use SNMP Reachbility viewer 2 7 2 SNMP The time taken by the Snmp queries to the specified host is represented graphically Select theSnmp reachability viewer from the Tools menu Window Help Online Offline Graph Disk Status Shift 1 Reachability Viewer i Snmp Reachability Viewer Save as Default Screen The bar graphs for hosts are displayed Maximum time is denoted by Red color Minimum by Yellow and Average time by Blue color The current time taken is shown by Cyan Cyber Solutions Inc 16 NetSkate User Manual snmp Reachability Statistics Maximum Minirmium Cyber Solutions Inc 17 NetSkate User Manual 3 How To 3 1 Network Status A T TI e eee T It is very simple Open Map Display and IP Tab le H ToolBar H StatusBar I Show IniOut Errar 1 Show IP Table Generate Local Network map Logger Display fNetskate File Edit View Tools Window Help Cyber Solutions Inc 18 NetSkate User Manual ENetSkate Hie Edit Tools Window Help m r ToolBar 7 StatusBar 1 Show In Out Errar Generate Local Network map 1 Logger ere
7. It should be HTTP accessible To start the NetSkate Client either double click on the index html or use appletviewer to start the client index html NetSkate Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help lt Back gt t Search amp Favorites 04 s Sh E Address http 192 168 0 117 MetSkate 8 Go Net Ckate WNetSkate Het Skate have problem then please Het Skate let User Manual Eeference HTML User Manual PDF Eeference Manual PDF Cyber Solutions Inc ICR 6 6 3 Minami Yoshinari Aoba ku Senda si Miyagi JAPAN 929 3204 http oww cop http 192 166 0 117 NetSkate netskateapplet html lige Internet Now click on link with NetSkate marked on it This will start up the NetSkate Before we proceed I want to caution you about one thing be very attentive otherwise you may not be able to follow Okay now look can you see a screen coming up Read the messages displayed inside the screen shots Cyber Solutions Inc NetSkate User Manual ll Local Network is not present Would you like the map to be generated now Could not find the Local Network map Step 7 of 19 You should click Yes if you want to generate a local network map An authentication window as shown below is displayed amp Map Generation Authentication User Nam
8. K Now you please tell about NetSkate functions and features Lets start Cyber Solutions Inc 12 NetSkate User Manual 2 Tutorial Since I had stopped the Server and Client I restarted the NetSkate again Server is OK But this time client didn t asked for Map Generation That s because you already have a map But then this time I have a new window What should I do iol xi Found the screen settings file Should this file be used for the Default Screen Yes No Opening the HetSkate Desktop Step 18 of 20 You can use the screen which was saved last time or you can start with a fresh window I remember the dialog which had come while shutting down the client But this time I will start afresh Cyber Solutions Inc NetSkate User Manual How can I see a map You can do this by either using the tool bar or by using the view menu Let me show you Cyber Solutions Inc 2 NetSkate User Manual lM ToolBar StatusBar L1 Show In Out Error 1 Show IP Table Generate Local Network map i Logger Display f NetSkate File Edit View Tools Window Help me Eje Map Display Ba 192 182 11 0 192 169 10 0 Oh it s nice but what should I do with this map Map is the logical representation your Network You can see which machines are connected to which Network The Tool bar has three options to enhance
9. Navigating Through B v 2 27 1879 G Cyber Solutions Inc 5 Contents DE CIT D T 1 LI Starine NetSkate ee nee Epoque eue diee val ovato Fee De doe de o Ma Ru 4 12 Starine NetSKkate i Lo ETE i Ii rv oi sienna 5 1 3 Closing ino 11 La Stoppie Nets Kate Servirai 12 MUI LOVIN OEE E cee E E 1 211 Vor vl d ei E 2 PV CIC m 5 2 9 Online GU ADM 6 Z4 COMMING 8 2 9 Vasualizze Disk amp Interface SEE Ee SR TU E TuU 9 23k Interidce O 9 10 2 6 Generate and Display 12 2 7 Reachability VIe WOE 45er velia a 14 Rode 14 PA RP ONM tM ME 16 SHOWT Fire 18 n 18 Tli 20 Host Ira A 21 3 4 Network CONNECIION E 22 3 9
10. Select accessClipboard from the Target Name drop down box Click on the Ok button Click on the Add Permission button In the Permissions dialog select Runtime Permission in the Permission drop down box In the Target Name field select queuePrintJob Click on the Ok button Click on Save under the File menu Save the settings in a file named java policy in your home directory Cyber Solutions Inc 3 NetSkate User Manual 1 1 Starting NetSkate Server The Server Manager is a UI based tool with which the NetSkate server can be managed This tool displays the server status and the status of the client s connected to the server g ServerManage F Double clicking on the Server Manager Executable file will start the Server Manager Alternatively it can be started from the command line also This will start the Server in UI mode if the UI is accessible otherwise the server is started in the console mode with no ServerManager UI ioj x File Tools Server IP Address 192 168 0 117 erver Status art Time Tuesday June 11 2002 10 32 14 AM otal Clients Stop Server Client Status As the client s 15 started the Client Status 15 displayed on the UI Cyber Solutions Inc 4 NetSkate User Manual 1 2 Starting NetSkate Client SJ Now that you have started the server we can start the client I just want to remind you that NetSkate Client can be loaded remotely also
11. and show the Full Screen of the NetSkate Tool bar aeneae Maen nts sana MORD pL Do data no ane Ci ee a eee eee tee Sid LED CD CER E OL 5 DOS hr arse td er vtm DOS Peet ts feet te am gt Dan D Ira 0 l Invokes Graph dialog B Invokes the Disk Status display Toggles Map Display Window 9 Toggles HTTP Reachability Viewer Window Toggles SNMP Reachability Viewer Window 5 Quits the package Cyber Solutions Inc NetSkate User Manual FULL SCREEN A Graph Window E Tool Bar I Status Bar B Reachability Viewer IP Table J Map display C Logger Display G Interface Status K Disk Status Pie chart D Menu Bar H Disk Status Bar Graph L Preference Dialog C D E F G H I J K L 8 etSkate M 2 192 0 0 1 toranaga 00 50 b 192 0 0 agni 00 e0 1 192 0 0 192 0 0 00 50 b 192 16 nilgiris 00 d0 b 192 16 192 16 00 50 b Bytes In 360530264 Bytes Eror 0 0 E ME Bytes Out 417592713 Bytes 5 55515555720 291 8 Enor 0 0 caf LJ Di i 0 13 7 Logger DURS Seri D Virtual Memory Used 4432363520 Used 0 Used 0 EAM QUEE EU rU Total 20020297728 Total 0 Total 318177280 In bytes In bytes In bytes
12. e admin Password concer Enter the User Name and the Password Click Ok The following screen is displayed Note that if the authentication fails NetSkate continues without generating the map and takes you back to the main window Cyber Solutions Inc 6 User Manual NetSkate nm x ibNetSkate Please enter a community far the Host Discovery If you do not specify a value then will be used Generating Local Network map Step 8 af 270 You may enter a community name and click Ok to proceed with the specified value or click Cancel to proceed with the default value Generating Local Network map Step 8 of 20 The progress bar shows the status while the Package is loaded The generated map will be displayed on the main panel when you select Map display from the view menu We are going to generate the map in the Tutorial section also but that will be from the Menu option Tool bar Cyber Solutions Inc NetSkate User Manual File Edit View Tools Window Help 892 That is a little lengthy procedure but it is quite interesting you show what the NetSkate Main window looks like Here it is It has the regular Menu bar Tool bar and Status bar I am sure you are familiar with these by now Cyber Solutions Inc 8 User Manual NetSkate Before we proceed let me give a brief description of the Tool bar buttons
13. enu Cyber Solutions Inc 9 NetSkate User Manual System Details emus Status Ohline Offline Graph The interface status is displayed for this host Interface Status MS TCP MAC Br 192 168 0 11 2 5 2 Disk Status wk By Disk Status we mean the resource usage of a host in the network We are going to display graphically the status of the Disk the availability of disk space used portion of the Disk etc of a particular host Select Disk Status from the Tools menu Window Help Online Offline Graph Shift M Disk Status Shift D 1 Reachability Viewer 1 Snmp Reachability Viewer Save as Default Screen Disk Status dialog window 15 displayed Cyber Solutions Inc 10 NetSkate User Manual Disk Status Host MIYAGI Community Select Display Type v Pie Chart r Bar Graph show Re Disk Status dialog window 15 displayed Enter the Host name and community You have an option to view the Disk status as Pie chart or Bar graph or both Select the display type and click Show Bar Graph and pie charts are displayed Disk Status PieChart 192 0 0 12 Serial Number d D Virtual m Used 1042726 Used 0 Used 0 5 Total 4978141 Total 0 Total 4850 In K blocks blacks In K blocks In K blocks Bar Graph Pie Chart Hmm I did not know that map could give me so much of i
14. gal ta probe such hosts Cyber Solutions Inc 24 NetSkate User Manual User Approval r 192 168 0 17 r 192 168 0 1 r 192 168 0 10 192 168 0 11 v 192 168 0 13 192 168 0 15 r 192 168 0 18 You should not select hosts that do not belong to your domain It may be illegal to probe such hosts Deselect All You will see that only three hosts are there in the first map The second map shows additional hosts 3 6 Preference Cyber Solutions Inc 25 NetSkate Emerald C Oxide OQ Sandstone 2 Contrast C Motif Look and C Windows Style Look and Feel In the following screen shots Look amp Feel has been changed from Java to Motif Cyber Solutions Inc User Manual Emerald C Oxide C Sandstone 2 Contrast 26 NetSkate INDEX Add New Host Closing NetSkate Client Disk Status Generate and map Host Status Host Traffic HTTP Reachability Interface Status IP Table Map Display Network Connection Status Network Status Network Traffic Offline Graph Online Graph Permissions Preference SNMP Reachability Starting NetSkate Client Starting NetSkate Server Stopping NetSkate Server Cyber Solutions Inc User Manual 24 11 10 12 20 21 14 22 18 2
15. nformation But I have a doubt What if I add new machines to my network or remove some machines from network Oh you can always regenerate map Can I regenerate the map also Tell me how can I do that Cyber Solutions Inc 11 NetSkate User Manual 2 6 Generate and Display a map D Select Generate Local Network map from View menu View Tools Window Help ToolBar H StatusBar Show In Outerror 1 Show IP Table 1 Map Display Network map Logger Map Generation Authentication dialog is displayed i Map Generation Authentication rg User Name admin Password concer Fill in Username and Password Click on OK button A dialog window prompting you to enter the community name is displayed Please enter a community for the Host Discovery If you do not specify a value then will be used 0 click on OK The application will take the default value and continue to generate the map During the generation process User Approval dialog is displayed Cyber Solutions Inc 12 NetSkate User Manual User Approval X r 192 0 0 1 r 192 0 0 12 r 192 0 0 50 r 192 168 0 19 210 169 247 72 You should not select hosts that do not belong to your domain may be illegal to probe such hosts Select the Hosts that should be polled and click Go The map genera
16. ngs and configure the package To start NetSkate you need to start the NetSkate Server and NetSkate client For NetSkate client you need to set the policy How can I do that I have never done it before Oh Its simple You have to start the policytool Cyber Solutions Inc NetSkate Adding Policy 3 gt 111 lv Vl Vil viii 1X 1 xiii User Manual PolicyTool Where will I get it from Policytool is a standard application which comes along with java Package OK How can I use it Start the policytool from the commandline by typing policytool Click on the Add Policy Entry button Enter the following value in the CodeBase field http lt server gt lt location of OR link to directory in which netskate s index html file 15 stored gt Click on the Add Permission button In the Permissions dialog select FilePermission in the Permission drop down box Select lt lt ALL FILES gt gt from the Target Name drop down box From the Actions drop down box select read and then select write Click on the Ok button Click on the Add Permission button In the Permissions dialog select PropertyPermission in the Permission drop down box Enter user home into the Target Name field From the Actions drop down box select read Click on the Ok button Click on the Add Permission button In the Permissions dialog select AWTPermission in the Permission drop down box
17. now From Date 09 2001 Ta Date Show a Cancel Update _ Update Cyber Solutions Inc 6 NetSkate User Manual Now that the graph is plotted we will see how to use the toolbars of the Graph window and the Graph control bar and the side bar Graph Tool Bar Add new graph Click this button to add a new graph Change Color Provides options to change the colours Start button gt Click this button to start plotting the graph Changes to Stop button when clicked Stop button Click this button to stop plotting the graph Changes to Start button when clicked Graph Control Bar These buttons will assist you to scroll the graph to the left right Zoom in and Zoom out Graph Side Bar the graphs added have a control button on the Graph Side Bar The button having the same color of the graph represents them You can toggle this to display hide graphs as per need Em Is this data stored somewhere Oh yes This is stored on the server Cyber Solutions Inc 7 NetSkate User Manual Aah It would be great if I could see this data later also DZ EA Ge NetSkate has taken care of this also You can see it as Offlien Graph 2 4 Offline Graph So how will I ask for Offline Graphs then When we plotted Online Graph we had placed a check mark on the From now Checkbox Refer Graph Dialog Simply uncheck this box You will notice that From
18. om Date 2002 a rep e 776 2002 o Cancel Update _ Update Cyber Solutions Inc 21 NetSkate User Manual 3 4 Network Connection Status Tell me how do I check if my host is really connected to the Internet Use the HTTP Snmp Reachability Viewer Online Offline Graph Shift M Disk Status i Reachability Viewer i Snmp Reachability Viewer Save as Default Screen Reachability Viewer Maximum Minimum Cutrerit Cyber Solutions Inc 22 NetSkate User Manual Tools Online Offline Graph Shift M Disk Status Shift D O Reachability Viewer 1 Snmp Reachability Viewer Save as Default Screen anmp Reachability Viewer snmp Reachability Statistics Maximum Minimum Average Cyber Solutions Inc 23 NetSkate User Manual 3 5 Add New Host Run Generate Local Network Map from View menu This will update the ind after the are some new hosts Tools Window Help ToolBar i StatusBar 1 Show In Out Errar 1 Show IP Table 1 Map Display i Logger After Authentication dialog select some e hosts from the User Approval Dialog User Approval p 192 168 0 1 _ 192 168 0 1 _ 192 168 0 10 192 168 0 11 192 168 0 13 192 168 0 15 _ 192 168 0 18 You mem not select hosts that do not belong to your domain t may be ille
19. ted is displayed below S NetSkate ma Bes Map Display Cyber Solutions Inc 13 NetSkate User Manual What else can I do You can use Reachability viewer to see how the reachability of your Host and The time taken to reach by the specified URL 15 represented graphically How can I do that 2 7 Reachability viewer 2 7 1 HTTP Select the reachability viewer from the Tools menu Window Help Online Offline Graph Shitt N Disk Status Shift 1 Reachability Viewer 1 Snmp eeu esum Save as Default Screen The bar graphs for URLs present in the file urls Ist are displayed Maximum time is denoted by Red color Minimum by Yellow and Average time by Blue color The current time taken is shown by Cyan Cyber Solutions Inc 14 NetSkate User Manual Minimum Cutrerit If you need to edit a URL list then select the icon from the tool bar of this window and an authentication dialog is displayed You have to enter the User name and Password and click Ok 5 Reachability Viewer List Edit Authentication Je User admin Password The Reachability Viewer List Edit window is displayed Cyber Solutions Inc 15 NetSkate User Manual 4 Reachability Viewer List Edit E x Uri Hame www javasoft com http www yahoo com httpzivww cysols com http awww hotmail com http www Sun com Save Save amp
20. the utility of this feature Cyber Solutions Inc NetSkate User Manual Reload KJ The local map which is loaded as default map can be reloaded by using Reload button Interface status Checks the specified network element for the SNMP access ICMP reachability and indicates the status using colour codes as kurikam a SNMP accessible green n kurikoma ES SNMP not accessible red Ed T a The statistics of all the Nodes in the currently loaded map can be Map Statistics display viewed by clicking on this button What does SNMP accessible and not accessible mean If the host is SNMP accessible you can see the Traffic on that host Did you said Traffic How can I see the traffic You can not only see it using IP Table but you can plot it also using Grapher Let me show you how simple this 15 Cyber Solutions Inc 4 NetSkate User Manual 2 2 x Table On IP Table you can see the traffic statistics for different systems Not only this you can see the current In Out Traffic on a logarithmic scale Tools Window Help H ToolBar StatusBar 1 Show In Out Errar i Map Display Generate Local Network 1 Logger IP Table IPAddress Jarne Out 00 d0 b7 b 0 bps 0 bs 27 Mbps 9 1 Mbps 38 192 168 0 1 ATHEMA 52 29 70 90 0 bps 0 bps 13 Mbps 2 596 Kbps 192 168 0 13 MIYAGI 00 50 ba 3c 10 bps 0 bps 3 Mbps 2
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