Re: [PCTECH] Ethereal -- network protocol analyzer

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Adam. I assume this means (this is new to me) all traffic that hits 
the adapter? So this would be limited to addresses with the same network 
address and subnet mask? And can switches block access to other IP 
addresses on the subnet, since they send packets selectively?

My other question really was, does the parsing of packets done in a 400 
comm trace result in the same information that Ethereal presents for a 
packet? Trying to see whether we have the capability already for 
iSeries-related traffic.

Just wondering.

Vern

At 08:40 AM 3/22/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> No.  If your network adapter is set to promiscuous mode, you can get packets
> for all devices on your network.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vern Hamberg" <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 7:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Ethereal -- network protocol analyzer
>
>
> > Hi, David, have you looked at the TCP/IP packets on an iSeries comm trace
> > report? It parses all the fields of the packet, as well as showing the raw
> > data. Granted, it would only be between the iSeries and whatever is
> > connected to it, but that's the same for any sniffer, unless you put one
> at
> > a common connection to all hosts, I suppose.