Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:47:40 +1100 (EST) From: Stanley Hopcroft <Stanley.Hopcroft@IPAustralia.Gov.AU> To: Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.oRG Subject: Re: tcpdump & user-ppp/tunX. Ethereal ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011301147050.338-100000@stan.aipo.gov.au>
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Dear Sir, I am writing to say that ethereal (http://www.zing.org aka http://www.ethereal.com/) is a very nice seven layer packet decoder that may be suitable if you need nasty link layer stuff. There is a FreeBSD port of it, and while for my moneys worth, tcpdump with ASCII decode patches (he he), is by far and way more convenient than a relatively sluggish X application, Ethereal decodes almost every protocol and his dog. The SMB decode (courtesy Richard Sharp of the Samba team) is particuarly good. We have an HP Internet advisor; the Ethereal decode is *much* better. Thank you. Yours sincerely, S Hopcroft Network Specialist IP Australia +61 2 6283 3189 +61 2 6281 1353 FAX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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