Section H-8. Ethereal


H-8. Ethereal

Finally, we come to Ethereal. This tool is used to capture network packets. It runs on both Unix and Windows. It is intended to run as a GUI application. Figure H-1 shows the packet capture window.

Figure H-1. Ethereal packet capture window


It displays such information as source and destination IP addresses and ports, protocols, and payload data. Each level of the OSI model is represented here, and you can drill down into each layer for further inspection. To learn more about Ethereal, visit http://www.ethereal.com.




Essential SNMP
Essential SNMP, Second Edition
ISBN: 0596008406
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 165

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