Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] How can I capture all PPP Frames

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 11:18:13 -0700 (PDT)
> i want to capture all PPP Frames of a PPP connection with my Linux box and
> Ethereal.

Unfortunately, Linux's packet capture mechanism doesn't support doing
that.

> Any hints ?

	1) switch to BSD, which, as far as I know, has a packet capture
	   mechanism that doesn't have that limitation (use the kernel PPP
	   rather than user-mode PPP);

	2) if you're using PPPD, configure it to save into a file all
	   characters sent and received (see the "record" option in the
	   PPPD man page), and then hand that file to Ethereal
	   afterwards.

NOTE: I don't use PPP, so I can't give you much additional help on this.