Hi, Don't forget Ethereal also has a console frontend called tethereal. If your distro splits up its packages properly you can install tethereal without X.
~Scott On March 27, 2005 8:32 pm, Michael Gale wrote: > Hello, > > If does but then you require X to be running or at least installed on > the box you are running ethereal on. > > Which I find usually is not the case, if you want to capture local > packets you can start up Ethereal, click on start capture and at in / > create some filters and then start capturing. > > But again ... only works if X is running or installed on the machine. I > say installed because you could use XForwarding and run Ethereal on a > remote host. > > Any ways a lot firewall boxs and routers do not have X. > > Michael. > > Juan Alberto Cirez wrote: > > Michael, > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but doen't ethereal do both functions...At least > > it does on my box.... > > > > Michael Gale wrote: > >>Hello, > >> > >> Well for example if you wanted to monitor the traffic on a Linux > >> box (router maybe) I would use tcpdump and then use ethereal to view the > >> traffic. > >> > >>tcpdump -n -i eth0 -w /tmp/testfile -s 9999 port 110 and host X.X.X.X > >> > >>-n - do not try and resolve the domain name > >>-i - interface > >>-w - write data to file > >>-s - snap length (length of packet to capture) > >> > >>Michael. > >> > >>Jesse Kline wrote: > >>>Quick question, > >>> > >>> How can I use ethereal, or a similar tool to capture pop and smtp > >>>traffic going into and out of a specific domain on the internet? > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>> > >>>Jesse > >>> > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>clug-talk mailing list > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>>Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>>**Please remove these lines when replying > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>clug-talk mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>**Please remove these lines when replying > > > > -- > > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > > --oo0oo-- Juan Alberto Cirez - Software Developer --oo0oo-- > > =========== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= > > C, C++, Java, Perl & .NET Enterprise Solutions > > Supporting Windows & Linux Environments > > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > > Sunny and Beautiful Vancouver, Canada. > > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
