Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 01:24:47 -0700 (MST) From: FreeBSD user <freebsd@XtremeDev.com> To: Michael Aucoin <maucoin01@mediaone.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Benedikt Schmidt <s_bschmi@ira.uka.de> Subject: Re: Available Sniffers Message-ID: <20011104012342.F29299-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com> In-Reply-To: <3BE4D339.E2518191@mediaone.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Type "ethereal" without the quotes, and hit enter. Need to be root to have your nic go into promiscuous mode. On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Michael Aucoin wrote: > Benedikt was kind enough to suggest ethereal. I investigated it and it seems > promising. I installed the port. It seemed to install fine. The make file > also installed gdt and libtool. Please excuse my ignorance - what do I do now > to execute it? I have KDE as my desktop environment, and I start X by using > the startx command. I guess I am clueless as to what running GDT means. Can > anyone outline the steps to take? Thanks! > > Mike > > Benedikt Schmidt wrote: > > > Michael Aucoin <maucoin01@mediaone.net> wrote: > > > Are there any GUI-enabled sniffers (network analyzers) available on > > > FreeBSD? My group and I are trying to look at network traffic at a more > > > macroscopic view and are less interested in the contents of packets. We > > > are interested in filtering specific packets out of a large number and > > > logging them. For instance, in some cases we are experiencing software > > > problems that occur seldom over a few days. When they occur we would > > > like to be able to capture LDAP traffic and TCP traffic for the > > > connections being used by LDAP. I guess the ability to set up filtering > > > and to easily display traffic after the fact are essential. My group > > > finds tcpdump harder to setup and use textually. Is there an > > > alternative? > > There is /usr/ports/net/ethereal an "X11/GTK network analyzer/capture > > tool". > > > > -- > > Benedikt > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20011104012342.F29299-100000>