Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Ethernet flow control

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jake,

Sticking in a hub will make it half duplex, so full duplex rate control is out 
of the question. Better get a passive tap.

Thanx,
Jaap

Jake Peavy wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I believe we're running into an issue caused by one device sending PAUSE 
> frames onto the wire and impairing the bandwidth delivered by the 
> upstream switch.
>
> I have placed a 10BaseT hub (old school) in the datapath and attempted 
> to capture this information using a linux host running Wireshark, but I 
> do not see any flow control information.
>
> Is there anything I need to do to the ethernet driver/interface in order 
> to capture this traffic using Wireshark?
>
> TIA,
>
> --
> -jp