ProTools Inc., announces the availability of Foundation Manager(tm) and
Cornerstone Agent (tm) LAN analyzers. Part of the Network Control Series
(NCS) line, the products implement IETF RMON MIB capabilities in a
user-friendly, GUI/Window environment. ProTools products conform to all
major Internet standards for network management - including MIB, MIBII and
RMON.

ProTools received accolades in several reviews of LAN tools. DATA
COMMUNICATIONS rated ProTools "excellent" under all catagories in the
"Best Boxes" evaluation (January 21, 1993).

LANTimes rated ProTools "best all-around networking product" in a review of
standalone network analyzers (January 20, 1992).

ProTools ships RMON-compliant products - first to do so, and first to ship
Token Ring extensions to the RMON MIB. ProTools continues its firm
commitment to standards-based network management solutions.

GUI

NCS offers a friendly Graphical User Interface in a
multithreaded/multitasking environment. The Foundation Manager and
CornerStone agent are designed to work alongside applications, such as
spreadsheets and word-processors offering dual-use for x86 platforms.

Protocol Analysis/Decodes

NCS provides 7-layer protocol decodes including: TCP/IP, AppleTalk, Xerox
XNS, Banyan Vines, SNA, ISO/OSI, DECnet & LAT, NetWare (NCP) (any custom
protocol using VRL )

Network Consultant / HyperHelp

NCS provides a complete on-line consulting system to speed the isolation
and remedy of network troubles and to assist first time users to become
experts.

Expert help is offered for each protocol decode, and for many symptoms seen
on networks. The help system includes an extensive glossary for over 400
networking terms.

The Network Consultant walks the user through network problem solving then
*tunes* NCS Foundation Manager / CA behavior through this interaction,
automating the Network problem solving effort. This 'user-guided' approach
to network analysis is very effective.

Views

NCS provides comprehensive 'views' of the network. These include protocol
decodes, bar charts, strip charts, dynamic mapping, host tables (including
errors by host), and traffic matrices. Additionally, NCS products can
exchange data dynamically with other applications for further analysis.

Alarms

NCS provides an 'auto-baselining' feature that measures nominal performance
values entire LAN, as well as individual workstations. Alarms can be
logged when associated thresholds are exceeded.

Alarms can be forwarded to IBM NetView, as well as SNMP-based network
management platforms, beepers, or to user defined programs.

Programmable / VRL Development Environment

NCS contains an integrated development environment for creating user
defined protocol decodes, analysis routines, and report generation. This
object-oriented C-like language can call routines created by the user in
virtually any other programming language. ProTools also offers custom
development of protocol decodes.

ProTools Inc., Beaverton, OR. is a software development company
specializing in LAN Network Analysis and Management systems.

ProTools, Inc., 14976 NW Greenbrier Parkway, Beaverton, OR 97006
(503) 645-5400;   (503) 645-3677 (fax)

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