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Date:      Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:18:11 -0700
From:      Christopher Cowart <ccowart@rescomp.berkeley.edu>
To:        Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Wireshark
Message-ID:  <20080911221811.GA66228@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9E39D6AD5B404616B48B2C0F0FF4DFA8@GRANT>
References:  <9E39D6AD5B404616B48B2C0F0FF4DFA8@GRANT>

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Grant Peel wrote:
> Hi all,
>=20
> I recently became aware of a utility called Wireshark (apparently formerl=
y=20
> 'EtherReal"), and was showing a running copy on Windoze.
>=20
> It apprears that it would be awsome for diagnosing network issues (such a=
s=20
> DoS attacks, Email bombs etc.
>=20
> My question is:
>=20
> Does the version in /usr/ports/net/wireshark require X11 to run, or can i=
t=20
> be run from the command line with straight text output?
>=20
> (I dont have/want X on the servers).

It looks like the port respects the WITHOUT_X11 knob. I believe you get
the command tshark if you don't have the GUI, which can do similar
packet analysis and display in text form. I believe tshark can be used
almost exactly like tcpdump for watching live traffic, but it can also
read in tcpdump trace files.

--=20
Chris Cowart
Network Technical Lead
Network & Infrastructure Services, RSSP-IT
UC Berkeley

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