Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:53:23 +0530 From: "Anjali Kulkarni" <anjali@indranetworks.com> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@mu.org> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: tcpdump Message-ID: <006301c170e4$4c4fb0f0$0a00a8c0@indranet> References: <001701c170dd$71b11ac0$0a00a8c0@indranet> <20011119033819.N13393@elvis.mu.org>
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Right! I am on a switch on a small n/w connected to another switch which has a larger n/w connected to it. Will using the hub decrease my response time for fetching web pages? (They are not large pages) Anjali ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@mu.org> To: "Anjali Kulkarni" <anjali@indranetworks.com> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:08 PM Subject: Re: tcpdump > * Anjali Kulkarni <anjali@indranetworks.com> [011119 03:36] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to make tcpdump work across 2 machines, ie trying to > > monitor a machine's IP packets from another machine. Just typing > > 'tcpdump host ip2' from the first m/c, say ip1, is not working. > > However, typing 'tcpdump host ip2' on ip2 works fine. Do I have to > > configure BSD packet filter to make this work ? I am working on > > 4.3. > > Please wrap lines at 70 characters. > > You're probably on a switch which means that other hosts on the same > ethernet segment can not see each other's packets. You need a hub > or a switch that supports a monitoring port where all packets are > repeated. > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] > 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," > start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' > http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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