Re: [tcpdump-workers] libpcap : Reading from kernel interface

2006-08-31 Thread madhuresh
Guy Harris wrote: On Aug 30, 2006, at 10:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish to use hostap (a driver for wireless cards) + libpcap + tcpdump to bring some extra details of the packets in the user space. What sort of extra details? Due to the present structure of linux kernel, there are m

Re: [tcpdump-workers] libpcap : Reading from kernel interface

2006-08-31 Thread Guy Harris
On Aug 30, 2006, at 10:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish to use hostap (a driver for wireless cards) + libpcap + tcpdump to bring some extra details of the packets in the user space. What sort of extra details? I wish to know that how libpcap reads the packet from the kernel/ interfa

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Taps compatibility

2006-08-31 Thread Michael Bernstein
So you want to use a Linux box as an in-line tap. You might have to configure it for bridging or bonding, not exactly sure how to accomplish this, however, i my self am also interested in something like this. David Moron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyboy, I want to monitor a Gigabit Multim

[tcpdump-workers] Taps compatibility

2006-08-31 Thread David Moron
Hi everyboy, I want to monitor a Gigabit Multimode(SX) Fiber link. If use a Network Tap then: - Using one SX NIC: Can Libpcap capture packets from TX and RX NIC's connector? - Have I to use 2 different NICs to connect the fibers to the RX connectors and don't use the TX ones? ¿Conf