[NTLUG:Discuss] Network 'passthru' viewer

[Chuck Graf]

A real quick way to check what traffic is going in and out is with
Etherape.  It is available for most distributions.  Tell it which interface
to capture and it will give you a graphical representation of the traffic to
every site the box is contacting.

Chuck

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 9:44 PM, David Simmons <dave at dgnal.net> wrote:

> Guys/Gals,
>
> Help me to understand what software/hardware is necessary to compete the
> following task.
>
> I have Verizon FIOS...recently the quality of service has been bad (meaning
> I try to go to a website and it times out)..but at times of the it works
> great.  Even when I believe it's not working well (as indicated by trying
> to
> log into the local Verizon router and it taking ALONG time to respond) I
> see
> the lights flickering.  SO, I think to myself, "Who's fault is this?"  Do I
> have a hacked machine that's spitting out spam/junk?  Is it my side or
> their
> side?
>
> So I figure if I had a system/laptop/whatever with two network cards - I
> could setup network pass-through or bridging so that I could
> see/categorize all of the packets that are flowing through (seeing their
> source & destination IP address.....and having some sense of the content of
> the packet - beit email, web, etc, etc).
>
> I was originally thinking an IPCop setup...but realized that I don't want
> ANY firewalling going on...just want the data to flow through and
> watch/sniff/see what it is?
>
> Any help / ideas / webpages would be appreciated,
>
> -dave
>
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> unbelievable.
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