Right! I am on a switch on a small n/w connected to another switch which has a larger n/w connected to it. Will using the hub decrease my response time for fetching web pages? (They are not large pages)
Anjali ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Perlstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Anjali Kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:08 PM Subject: Re: tcpdump > * Anjali Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011119 03:36] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to make tcpdump work across 2 machines, ie trying to > > monitor a machine's IP packets from another machine. Just typing > > 'tcpdump host ip2' from the first m/c, say ip1, is not working. > > However, typing 'tcpdump host ip2' on ip2 works fine. Do I have to > > configure BSD packet filter to make this work ? I am working on > > 4.3. > > Please wrap lines at 70 characters. > > You're probably on a switch which means that other hosts on the same > ethernet segment can not see each other's packets. You need a hub > or a switch that supports a monitoring port where all packets are > repeated. > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," > start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' > http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
