yup.  use tcpdump on the remote machine to create a pcap file like so

tcpdump -i eth0 -n -s0 -w file.cap

then just copy that file over and read it with ethereal.

Al Sparks wrote:
> This may be off topic, but I think my ethereal question might be simple 
> enough.
> 
> I am presently compiling ethereal on a CentOS platform to check it out.
> 
> But the packets I want to monitor are actually on a different CentOS 
> platform, and I'd rather not install Ethereal on it, if for no other reason I 
> don't have X-Windows installed on that platform.
> 
> My question is, can I monitor/write packets to a file on the more remote 
> machine, and then analyze the packets on another machine using my ethereal SW?
> 
> Can I sniff the packets on the remote w/o a full install of ethereal?
>    === Al
> 
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