Re: sniffer software

[Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:23:09AM +0000, Brian Candler wrote:
> tcpdump also lets you store the raw binary packets in a file
> (tcpdump -s 1500 -w filename) and then later display them however you like
> (tcpdump -r filename). This is a "libpcap" file and I think other tools are
> available to decode it.

If you want a more detailled breakdown of the packet headers etc, try this:
http://www.ethereal.com/
(or /usr/ports/net/ethereal)

Brian.