[PLUG] OT: Detecting network traffic

[Dale Zeutenhorst]

If you have a switch - use the machine you want to monitor the network as a 
gateway, so all trafic goes through it and then to your D-Link. Then you can 
use any monitoring tools you want.

Dale Z


On Saturday 02 October 2004 05:05 pm, Brian Benson wrote:
> use a hub and tcpdump or ethereal to sniff the packets. switches use
> mac adresses to selectivly send packets out certain ports. so you
> would need a hub which just broadcast all net trafic to all of the
> ports.  Maybe others know how to do it with a swtch.
> -Brian
>
> On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 23:54:12 +0000, Vincent Yau <v_yau3 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a bit of a off-topic question.
> > I have a very conventional setup at home.  A cable modem,
> > D-link cable modem router, and share the cable internet
> > connection amongst several PCs.  2 Windows and 2 Linux boxes.
> >
> > From one of the linux boxes, I want to be able to scan all network
> > traffic within my intranet.  So basically, I want to be able
> > to detect all packets travelling from my D-Link router
> > to each of the other 3 boxes from my linux box.
> > Is there a way for me to achieve this?
> >
> > Thanks for any pointer.
> >
> > --Vincent
> >
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