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First the fun, then the pleasure: This month, we look at a TCP that administrators have to take seriously, followed by some URL fun.
If you need to smooth the kinks out of your network services, very likely you will take Tcpdump and Wireshark out of your toolbox. But honestly, both are slightly less than intuitive, and you need to be a genuine expert to interpret the results. Tcpflow, on the other hand, is infinitely more intelligible.
TCPFlow will not work with any other protocal than TCP.
ICMP and ARP are different protocols on different OSI layers.
Best regards,
Charly
tcpflow with arp
Lenny
May 04, 2011 1:08pm GMT
How do you get tcpflow to work with both arp and icmp packets? I've tried various combinations but for one reason or the other it either just doesn't start or it doesn't capture anything.
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Comments
TCPflow
Charly Kuehnast May 04, 2011 4:02pm GMT
Hi Lenny,TCPFlow will not work with any other protocal than TCP.
ICMP and ARP are different protocols on different OSI layers.
Best regards,
Charly
tcpflow with arp
Lenny May 04, 2011 1:08pm GMT
How do you get tcpflow to work with both arp and icmp packets? I've tried various combinations but for one reason or the other it either just doesn't start or it doesn't capture anything.