Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] sorry sent it to the wrong one first

Note: This archive is from the project's previous web site, ethereal.com. This list is no longer active.

Date Index Thread Index Other Months All Mailing Lists
Date Prev Date Next Thread Prev Thread Next
From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 15:09:51 -0600
On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 02:57:22PM -0600, Allen Snook wrote:
> 
> 
> I have a question that I hope is not to mundane to answer....  I'm
> running Red Hat Linux ver 6.0 and Ethereal 0.7.9.  What I am wondering
> is how do I setup ethereal to monitor HTTP or Port 80 from other than my
> own eth0 card   i.e. if I wanted to monitor the HTTP traffic of the
> users on my network.  I tried to set a filter for HTTP no good couldn't

By "network", you mean "ethernet segment", right?

> parse so I read at your site set it for tcp.port==80 no parse error but
> still get no info unless I startup a web browser locally, then where
> ever
> I go I get the info I'm looking for..

This behavior sounds as if you're on an ethernet switch and not
an ethernet hub. Is this the case? If so, you'll only see
your own traffic and broadcasts. (well, technically, multicasts destined
for you, too, if you're doing multicasts...)

--gilbert