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Sniffing packets

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Ok so I have my own network (100% mine). I am looking for the best packet sniffer to get everything that goes through my network. Many reasons for this, mostly just to make sure that the proper people are using it.

what is the best program that will provide this for me? can run on either windows or linux, don't matter. I have tried ethereal on windows but it is only getting packets sent to this computer and on linux it can't figure out that i have 2 network devices and explodes.
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If you're going through a router, the router may have a logging interface.
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Post by Benjamin »

One Link: http://www.ethereal.com/

Edit: Someone needs to put feyd on dial up :D
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astions wrote:Edit: Someone needs to put feyd on dial up :D
:lol:

If you're full-on geeky get tcpdump and pretend like you know how to use it :P
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I was referring to how quickly he posts, ie a handicap..

TCPDUMP seems pretty powerful
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astions wrote:One Link: http://www.ethereal.com/

Edit: Someone needs to put feyd on dial up :D
shiznatix wrote:I have tried ethereal on windows but it is only getting packets sent to this computer and on linux it can't figure out that i have 2 network devices and explodes.
feyd:
my router is junk. i can't even describe. so no logging on it (as far as the router settings show)
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With tcpdump (search for windump if you're on windows) you can put your network interface into promiscious mode... From there, you can even decide to write your own php filter... Anyway, it only offers you analysis of the traffic...

If you want to restrict access, you'd need to configure firewall etc....
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Post by Benjamin »

timvw wrote:With tcpdump (search for windump if you're on windows) you can put your network interface into promiscious mode...
Just want to add that it doesn't work if your using a switch instead of a router.
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