Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Capturing in the presence of switches

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:30:59 -0700 (PDT)
> I do not have access to any networks with switches in them, but I need some
> hints for the User Guide.
> 
> What are people's suggestions WRT capturing in the presence of switches.

Gerald, Gilbert, and I recently exchanged some mail on some new FAQs; I
don't know what the right suggestions are (I've not worked with switches
enough to know what the right port-mirroring blah blah blah stuff is),
but it occurs to me that some or all of the FAQs, as well as some or all
of the new FAQs I suggested, such as

	Why am I seeing only traffic to and from my machine? (with both
	"your card doesn't do promiscuous mode, or it does but your
	driver won't turn it on" and "you're on a switched network"
	answers, as well as a note about why this probably has nothing
	to do with TCP *per se*)

	Why is my Token Ring card not showing up on Windows?  (Because
	WinPcap currently doesn't support Token Ring.)

	Why aren't capture filters working on Token Ring?  (Because
	libpcap doesn't currently generate, for Token Ring, filters that
	correctly handle source-routed packets.)

should perhaps be in the User's Guide as well.