Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #46

From: "Hakan" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Logging network activity from VPC
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:39:53 -0500 (EST)
To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

See my previous e-mail, if iptrace does not see the activity, another
Win program ought to.  Thanks.

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:41:48 -0500, Jeffrey Race wrote:

>Well if you can't use IPTRACE from OS/2 you should be able
>to use a Windows program.  See details of OS/2, Linux and
>Win utilities at page 11 of my
>
> <http://www.camblab.com/nugget/dsl_bkk.pdf>
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>Jeffrey Race
>
>On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:56:45 -0500 (EST), Hakan wrote:
>
>>Dave,
>>
>>>>To really trace TCP/IP traffic contents you need a sniffer
>>>>program that can do that. There are quite a few for Windows
>>>>and Linux, but I am not sure there is something for OS/2.
>>>>
>>>>These programs have device-drivers that hook to the
>>>>network card and can filter out and interpret TCP/IP
>>>>(or other protocols) packets from there.
>>>>
>>>>There are also dedicated LAN-sniffer machines that
>>>>can be attached to a router or switch that can monitor
>>>>or trace the traffic on a whole LAN ...
>>>
>>>I *think* it depends on VPC using virtual switch or not. In the former
>>>case a sniff on the host will *not* see any packets, I know 'cos I
>>>tried it, but the fake NAT the other mode uses ought to show up.
>>>
>>>Also bear in mind that if you use say a *nix box on the network to
>>>sniff then you need a hub and not a switch. Otherwise the sniffer won't
>>>see anything. There are methods around to sniff switches but it is a
>>>lot of faffing about. I keep a hub on my network and if I need to sniff
>>>a box I move it's ethernet cable and the *nix box's one to the hub.
>>
>>I was hoping that the 'net traffic originated by the Win application
>>running in VPC would then be "managed" by the host operating system,
>>i.e., eCS 1.2MR in my case, and that a program that logs all network
>>card traffic would log also this traffic.  Given that I would not do
>>anything else on the 'net at the same time, I am hoping that it would
>>be feasible to figure out what the Win application sends and receives.
>>
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