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CUPERTINO, CALIF - Packeteer is introducing a scaled-back version of its PacketShaper appliance for customers who want to monitor applications on their networks but don't want to spend the money for the full-blown software package that would let them prioritize traffic.
The appliance, called PacketSeeker, is based on the same hardware as PacketShaper, but comes with PacketShaper's traffic-shaping software turned off. If users later decide they want to use the traffic-shaping capabilities, they can buy a software license and key to turn it on.
PacketSeeker and PacketShaper devices are placed in customer networks in-line with traffic headed for WAN links. These connections generally have lower bandwidth than the LAN and therefore can suffer congestion. Traffic might experience delay and packet loss as it goes through this choke...