Commander, U.S. Army Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

66 -- LAN/WAN ANALYZER DUE 072897 POC Contact Danny R. Bridges, Electronic Engineer, 205/876-9398 or FAX 205/842-8757. The U.S. Army Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) Activity (USATA) is responsible for a TMDE Modernization Program (TEMOD) directed toward acquiring state-of-the-art, commercial/non-developmental electronic test equipment. The new equipment will be used to standardize the inventory and replace existing obsolete test equipment. A draft specification has been developed for a Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) Internetwork Analyzer. The Analyzer will be portable and will utilize open architecture. It will be able to perform network troubleshooting and analysis on current protocols and be readily upgradeable to include future protocols, monitor, decode, and display LAN and WAN data traffic through all seven layers of the Open-Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model, perform real-time statistical analysis of network traffic (including LAN traffic over WANs), simulate and emulate network protocols, analyze protocol errors and link utilization, and perform complete Bit-Error-Rate Tests (BERT). The Analyzer will be capable of interfacing with and testing Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, token-ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). A questionnaire will be developed to assist the Government in defining the final specification by providing information about the technical capabilities of available commercial/non-developmental LAN/WAN Internetwork Analyzers. No decision has been made at this time as to the type of procurement, i.e., full and open competition versus small business set-aside. Interested contractors may request a draft specification and questionnaire by contacting Danny R. Bridges, USATA, (205) 876-9398 or FAX (205) 842-8757. Requests for draft specification and questionnaire should be made no later than 28 Jul 97. . Commander, U. S. Army Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL [35898] -- 5280 (0198)

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