A hardware device or server software that captures packets transmitted in a network for routine inspection and problem detection. Also called a "sniffer," "packet sniffer," "packet analyzer ...

For a challenge, [akila] decided it was time to implement something useful in one of these gadgets: a ZigBee sniffer so that he can tell what’s going on in the rest of his home network.

whereas the sniffer interprets it. See network analyzer. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

The purchase price was not disclosed. Network Associates, based here, said it will add Traxess' DragNet stream-to-disk forensic technology to its own Sniffer Technologies network analyzer platform ...

That was precisely the inspiration for DoMSnif, the dot matrix LCD sniffer that [Blecky] has been ... he just had to hook a logic analyzer up between the display and the main board of the device.