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Sniffing packets
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:05 pm
by shiznatix
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:10 pm
by feyd
If you're going through a router, the router may have a logging interface.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:10 pm
by Benjamin
One Link:
http://www.ethereal.com/
Edit: Someone needs to put feyd on dial up

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:14 pm
by Chris Corbyn
astions wrote:Edit: Someone needs to put feyd on dial up

If you're full-on geeky get tcpdump and pretend like you know how to use it

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:23 pm
by Benjamin
I was referring to how quickly he posts, ie a handicap..
TCPDUMP seems pretty powerful
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:51 pm
by shiznatix
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)
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:27 pm
by timvw
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....
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:30 pm
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.