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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Networking and Web / May 2008Packet Sniffers?
Hi, We are running a Windows network, 2003 Server Domain and Windows XP workstations. I'm having trouble with a printer and a specific application and I feel that if I can see what's getting sent to the printer then I might be able to solve this issue. Or at least get the right vendor, software or printer, to take a closer look at the issue. I've been searching for packet sniffers and there are just so many that I don't know how to choose one. Is there a favorite out there? Something open source or free would be best for the budget of course. I went to source forge and it seems everything there is designed for Linux, not sure I want to hassle with setting up a Linux box right now, so something that runs on Windows would be nice. Any suggestions? Also, if anyone has an idea of how I could trap the print job before it gets to the print queue on the workstation that would be helpful. Thanks in advance, Linn Wireshark appears to be an open-source sniffer but it also requires a network hub. >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Thanks in advance, >Linn > Wireshark appears to be an open-source sniffer but it also requires a > network hub. Wireshark is awesome, and I'm honestly shocked at how the OP could "research" open source packet sniffers and miss it, because has a massive reputation. As for needing a hub, any packet sniffer will either need a hub, a switch that echoes traffic to the port it's plugged into, distributed agents or some other similar trick, they can only 'sniff' what they see going past them, after all. On Apr 26, 2:41 pm, "Robert Moir" <usenet+robspamt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wireshark appears to be an open-source sniffer but it also requires a > > network hub. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > agents or some other similar trick, they can only 'sniff' what they see > going past them, after all. Try finding a new "hub." There are getting to be "rare." > On Apr 26, 2:41 pm, "Robert Moir" <usenet+robspamt...@gmail.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Try finding a new "hub." There are getting to be "rare." Yeah. Luckily most reasonable new switches come specced to allow you to echo traffic if you want. On Apr 28, 1:48 pm, "Robert Moir" <usenet+robspamt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2:41 pm, "Robert Moir" <usenet+robspamt...@gmail.com> > > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Yeah. Luckily most reasonable new switches come specced to allow you to echo > traffic if you want. Give me an example of this type of switch. > Give me an example of this type of switch. Just about any "intelligent"/programmable switch that you'd actually want to install into a business big enough to own a server that's been purchased in the past 3 or 4 years. It isn't a rare thing. > Give me an example of this type of switch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMON http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_mirroring Hi May be this can Help, http://www.windowsnetworking.com/nt/atips/atips338.shtml Jack (MVP-Networking). > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thanks in advance, > Linn |
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