Well, I'm fresh back from a short vacation down in Argentina and I find myself working on a problem today that required the use of a protocol analyzer or "sniffer". It got me to thinking about the fact that many network administrator's today have never actually taken a packet trace or analyzed a packet. Furthermore, when the need does arise, many of the people I deal with don't really know how to get started. So, with that in mind, here are few things to keep in mind if you find yourself in that situation... Head Geek's Top 5 Things to Remember about Analyzing...