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NetAlly EtherScope nXG pros and cons

Vendor: NetAlly

4.4 out of 5

23 reviews
100% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

NetAlly EtherScope nXG offers comprehensive network analysis with auto tests, wireless assessments, iPerf, traffic testing, and packet captures for efficient troubleshooting. It simplifies network assessments, especially WiFi, and is essential for remote troubleshooting, reducing the need for extensive training and third-party interventions. Though it enhances productivity with tools like AirMapper Site Survey, it needs improvements in battery life, reporting, and cloud-based result uploads.

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PROS

NetAlly EtherScope nXG offers comprehensive network testing capabilities in one tool, including WiFi troubleshooting, network validation, and cabling validation.

It provides detailed insights into channel utilization and traffic on air without needing extensive manual data collection and analysis.

The device enhances productivity by enabling remote troubleshooting and monitoring, which allows network issues to be resolved without the need for extensive travel or onsite visits.

Its lightweight and portable design compares favorably to more cumbersome equipment, making it ideal for fieldwork.

NetAlly EtherScope nXG significantly reduces troubleshooting time for network cabling issues, decreasing reliance on external vendors for testing and problem resolution.

CONS

Battery life needs improvement, often requiring the use of a power cord or a backup battery during extensive use.

Airtime utilization measurements can incorrectly classify traffic as non-802.11, leading to inaccuracies.

There are issues with the device's 5 gigahertz radio, potentially due to hardware problems.

Remote reboot capability is lacking, necessitating manual intervention when the device locks up.

Inconsistencies in uploading test results to the cloud may require manual intervention.

NetAlly EtherScope nXG Pros review quotes

CIO at ProTek Communications

Jan 9, 2024

My impression of the ease of use is that it definitely is easy to use both the handheld device and the app walking around.

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CEO at COMCERT BV

Nov 24, 2022

Among those features that are important are the AutoTest to create a profile and then see that the network connection is in line with that profile. Also, the LANBERT test to have an idea about the quality of the cable. It is often the case that you have no reports on the cable infrastructure, so this test is also very valuable for us.

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Cyber Range Engineer 2 at Tech Data Limited

Oct 30, 2022

The AirMapper Site Survey app is one of the biggest highlights of this product. When somebody asks me, "Why should I use this device?" it's the first thing I show them, and they usually love it. Its ability to gather WiFi site survey data is absolutely amazing.

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Principle Wireless Engineer at Natilik

Jun 23, 2022

The things that I find most valuable are the Wi-Fi app and the Discovery app. Those two things help a lot when I'm doing the initial discovery of a space. I also use the AutoTest feature quite a lot, especially if I'm troubleshooting.

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Curator at Benhil951 Reading room

May 29, 2024

One of the standout features is its ability to serve as an advanced handheld packet analyzer. It excels in discovering both wired and wireless networks and automatically documenting them, which is really valuable. The tool provides insights from the physical layer up to layer seven, including HTTP, which helps diagnose network issues effectively. This automated documentation feature sets NetAlly apart from competitors, enhancing efficiency and accuracy in network management and recommendations. When the EtherScope nXG identifies a problem, it alerts us, allowing us to use more advanced tools for deeper analysis. Regarding PoE testing capabilities, I haven't explored them extensively, but I'm aware of their importance, especially for detecting issues like overloading switches with too many PoE devices. Integrators are becoming more cautious about these issues, but specialized tools like those from other vendors may offer features like microburst dashboards, which EtherScope nXG currently doesn't provide.

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Manager at Northwestern

Mar 2, 2022

It clearly depicts the information we're looking for on a 10Gig testing, and we can also verify 100Gig links with it between our routing sites.

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IT Director at JVS Consulting

Oct 11, 2024

I like EtherScope's WiFi scanning, heat map, and load testing. It's an excellent tool that sets you straight, so you don't need to beat around the bush or wait for other people. It's easy to share the reports with other people.

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President / System Engineer at KLIPSYS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

May 4, 2023

It cuts the time down in half. You don't need to get a laptop out and do different testing. We can just grab this one tool, bring it, and do all our network testing, surveying, and reviews to figure out what the problems are with just one device, instead of having to use multiple people and devices to do that. You cut down time by 50% because you won't normally need multiple people onsite. A lot of times, you can do everything with one person and one tool.

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Owner at Warehouse 5 LLC

Feb 1, 2022

The solution’s AirMapper Site Survey app is extremely easy to use. We give it to the technicians and send them out to go do that function. We hand it to the technician who goes onsite, then they take a photo of the overall area of a floor plan and are able to go do that site survey without almost any instruction from any engineer. So, it is very usable for beginner-type techs.

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Network Team Lead at a mining and metals company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jan 25, 2022

The wireless aspect of it has been super valuable. The AirMagnet Survey feature is very useful for site surveys. For a long time, it used to be done on laptops, and now, we can do this simply on a handheld with one technician. The data automatically gets uploaded to the cloud so that our more experienced technicians can review the data and pull it into AirMagnet. This feature has saved tons of time. It's not easy to approximate the time saved, but for each survey, I'm taking a junior technician and getting him to do a role that a senior technician used to do. So, there is a cost-saving of at least 50%.

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NetAlly EtherScope nXG Cons review quotes

CIO at ProTek Communications

Jan 9, 2024

On a hardware spec, it'd be nice to have something above 10-Gigs.

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CEO at COMCERT BV

Nov 24, 2022

The small screen is a little bit of a handicap. It would be nice if we could, for instance, connect a larger screen to the device, but it's very user-friendly. You're only limited by the size of the screen. That's the only negative aspect of doing surveys with this device.

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Cyber Range Engineer 2 at Tech Data Limited

Oct 30, 2022

The only issue that I have ever had is the battery life. It does drain a little bit quickly... While it's true that by the time I'm finished with my assessment it's usually dead, I have usually finished what I need to do and everything has been pushed to Link-Live. But occasionally, I might need a backup battery if I need to do something for multiple hours.

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Principle Wireless Engineer at Natilik

Jun 23, 2022

AirMapper is very quick and easy once everything is on there, but I would like to see an improvement on how you get things on there. Currently, rather than being able to build up buildings or a site of things, every map is an individual piece. We should be able to set up an AirMapper survey easily and more effectively. At the moment, we just have separate floor plans. It'd be great to be able to build a building and tell where different floors are so that if it hears an AP on the floor below, it doesn't put two APs, one on that floor and one on the other floor, and it knows that there are two floors here. One is on top of the other, and it won't put the AP at both places. It would put it on one of the floors where it would be strongest. This would be one of the biggest improvements.

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Curator at Benhil951 Reading room

May 29, 2024

The main area for improvement that stands out is the lack of a microburst dashboard, which some other vendors offer. However, NetAlly has carved out its niche by focusing on comprehensive network analysis up to layer seven, including automatic network mapping with tools like CyberScope. While there may be some features missing compared to competitors, NetAlly remains strong in its specialized market, providing robust solutions like EtherScope for detailed customer scans, despite being on the pricier side.

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Manager at Northwestern

Mar 2, 2022

The battery life should be improved.

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IT Director at JVS Consulting

Oct 11, 2024

The reporting could be better, with more accurate measurements of loss over cables, impedance, etc. The mapping also needs to be improved. You should be able to do free formatting of the topology.

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President / System Engineer at KLIPSYS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

May 4, 2023

We have had to use a battery pack unit, bringing it with us, when we are doing long testing or a lot of testing. It is like a mini computer, so it does use a lot of battery life.

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Owner at Warehouse 5 LLC

Feb 1, 2022

The largest complaint that we get is the battery life on the unit. If you are using it heavily, you get about five hours of usage out of it. In an eight hour day, that is not perfect for us. We would like more battery usage. The battery thing is annoying.

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Network Team Lead at a mining and metals company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jan 25, 2022

One point of contention might be that when we were starting it up for the first time, there was a little bit of confusion about registration and getting the proper support plans applied. So, that could be more streamlined, but that's not uncommon in the industry.

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