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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gramirez@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:57:46 -0500
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:45:36 ",-*'^'~*- ¿Nr55 -*~'^'*-," wrote:
> 
> hi i have some questions ....
> 
> i'am using  ethereal (windows ver)
> 
> and when i'am sniffing i get alot of info about my LAN but can't i sniff
> another computer ??????????????????
> 
> and if i can
> 
> HOW ?????

Ethereal captures on your network interface, so whatever your network
you're attached to is the one you can sniff. If you need to sniff
a remote network, you need access to a machine on that network. By
"machine", I mean "computer with a packet capture program" (solaris/snoop,
various-unixes/tcpdump, win32/windump) or "network device with capturing
capabilities", like a hub or router that will capture packets for you.

The Sniffing FAQ should help:

http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/sniffing-faq.html

--gilbert