Re: [tcpdump-workers] Why isn't 'ether proto \ip host host' a legal tcpdump expression?

2012-10-18 Thread Ezequiel Garzón
Thanks a lot, Bill! That was a great, compact lesson! On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Bill Fenner wrote: > On Oct 18, 2012, at 7:00 AM, Ezequiel Garzón wrote: > >> Thanks for your reply, Bill. >> >>> "ether proto \ip" is: >> >> In

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Why isn't 'ether proto \ip host host' a legal tcpdump expression?

2012-10-18 Thread Ezequiel Garzón
m sorry to insist on this open-ended issue. I know there must be something off with my understanding, and would like to fix it if possible! Thanks again. Best regards, Ezequiel On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Bill Fenner wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Ezequiel Garzón > wrot

[tcpdump-workers] Why isn't 'ether proto \ip host host' a legal tcpdump expression?

2012-10-17 Thread Ezequiel Garzón
Greetings! I'm trying to understand tcpdump expressions a bit more, and I'm confused about a basic example given in the pcap-filter man pages. They first state: | The filter expression consists of one or more primitives. Primitives usually consist of an id (name or number) preceded by one or more