Unbrowse SNMP permissions on Windows 2000

A couple of users said they had trouble installing / running Unbrowse SNMP due to permission issues on Windows 2000 systems. This post is intended to give more detail on how this can be resolved. Also see Unbrowse FAQ.

Unbrowse SNMP abides by Microsofts guidelines for managing user data and settings (See Microsoft Technet article). What this means is : all user settings are stored under the users Application Data folder. This folder can be viewed by typing in %APPDATA% in the Start Menu > Run box.

When a user first launches Unbrowse SNMP, it tries to create a place for storing configuration data under the above mentioned %APPDATA% folder. The subdirectory is called “Unleash Networks\Unbrowse”. If this directory cannot be created you will be confronted with a dialog box similar to the one shown below.

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Checking permissions of the APPDATA folder

1. Select “Start -> Run” and type in %APPDATA% in the box. Then click the OK button.

2. Right-click on an blank area (not on any file) and select “Properties”.

3. This will bring up the Properties window of the Application Data folder. Switch to the “Security Tab”. You should see something like this.

Figure below : Administrator has “Full Control” privileges. Correct !

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Not like this.

Figure below : User vivk1 does not have Write/Modify privileges. BAD !

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Check the “Full Control” item to give Read-Write access to the folder.

Note:

If there is a folder called “Unleash Networks” within the Application Data folder. Delete it. Unbrowse SNMP will recreate it on first run.

Hope this helps.

[tags] snmp, mib browser, windows2000, permissions [/tags]

VoIP Playback options for RTP and SIP

Unsniff Network Analyzer has the ability to perform VoIP analysis of H.323, SIP, IAX2 signalling and the RTP and IAX2 transport protocols. For the IAX2 (protocol used by the Asterisk PBX system), you can also use the add-on script “Asterisk Call Analyzer” to draw charts for Jitter, Delay, Bandwidth, etc.

Unsniff supports one-click playback of captured VoIP traffic for most common codecs such as G.711 uLaw, G.711 aLaw, iLBC, GSM, and Linear.

Playback call legs

By default Unsniff extracts all VoIP calls into two legs – the forward and reverse legs. To hear the voice you must

  • Switch to the “User Objects” sheet
  • Right click on the desired leg and select “Play”

How to listen to call legs :

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Stereo playback for RTP transport

If you want to hear both talkers you can use some of the cool mixing features built into Unsniff.  When enabled, you will now have three entries in the “User Objects” sheet for each call.

  1. the forward leg
  2. the reverse leg
  3. both legs mixed so you can hear the complete VoIP conversation

 

headphone.jpgThe mixing supported for the RTP protocol is very unique compared to other tools, you can even mix the legs to output one leg on the right speaker and the other on the left.

 

 

  1. Mix in stereo mode (with caller on left and callee on right speakers). We found this useful while dealing with a noisy direction. You can just turn the speaker balance down to focus on a particular channel.
  2. Mix interleaved caller + callee legs
  3. Merges both call legs into a single mono channel

To use these features

First ensure RTP conversations is enabled (the default). Go to “Plugins->Conversations” and confirm that the Mix Two-Way conversations is not “Disabled“. Select one of the three mixing options.

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Thats it really ! Now you can capture RTP packets using H.323 or SIP protocols and three entries will now appear in the “User Objects Sheet“. Click on the call named “Conversation_XXX” and select Play or Save to WAV file.

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Feedbacks and comments welcome.

 

[tags] VoIP, VoIP Analysis, RTP Playback, Asterisk, IAX2, SIP, H.323 [/tags]

Welcome to the Unleash Networks Blog

Hello folks,

Welcome to the Unleash Networks blog.  We make two exciting products in the area of network analysis and diagnostics.

  • Unsniff Network Analyzer – A scriptable and extensible network analyzer. Unsniff is fully extensible and scriptable. 
  • Unbrowse SNMP – A SNMP tool featuring passive trap reception, and MIB tools

We will post tips on using our products here along with general networking stories. Feel free to ask any questions, or request any features, or just chat.

For official support please continue to use our online support forum.

Enjoy your time here !

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