Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 20:05:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Stout <mcs@vpm.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitoring traffic between two sites, How?? Message-ID: <199604160305.UAA02499@vpm.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960416091213.14153A-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au> from "Anthony Hill" at Apr 16, 96 09:14:12 am
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"Anthony Hill was seen writing" > On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Christian wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering if there is anyway to use FreeBSD to monitor > > traffic between two sites. I wan to be able to see how many users > > from certain ip addresses on our network are connected to another ip > > address. If possible I would also like to know, the duration of each > > session, and what port the users are connected to on the other end. > > Is this possible using FreeBSD and/or some freely available tools? > > Well you could get the raw data with tcpdump (which is part of the > distribution), although it would be a bit cryptic. Perhaps someone knows > of something that would process the output of tcpdump into something a > bit more readable. I tried using tcpdump, but can't configure the device /dev/bpf0. What do I need to do to configure this device? Thanks, Mark -- ========================================================================== Mark Stout | The Village Potpourri Mall: http://www.vpm.com/ ---------------+---------------------------------------------------------- VPM Enterprises; P.O.Box 6427; Folsom, CA 95763-6427 Secured Web Hosting and Secured Discussion Groups Secured Internet Sales, Marketing and Advertising Specialist ==========================================================================
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