To expand on Scott's response, if you have a managed switch that can set a monitor port, you can copy all traffic to and from that server's port to the monitor port, just make sure whatever's on the monitor port can handle the load, i.e. at least the same speed NIC as the server. You still need to copper connect to do this though, unless you know how to make the WAP copy all traffic to your MAC address. BTW, the monitor port is called different things by different manufacturers.
Thanks, Chuck Frolick ArgoLink.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 2:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT : Network Sniffer >I'm looking for a "not to expensive but efficient" network sniffer. >I don't know much about sniffers... :( Ethereal. It's free, it's very good. http://www.ethereal.com . >Problem is that the computer that I need to monitor is a Mac... Soon >to be change for PC. So I can't really "connect" to it with my laptop. With wireless and switched networks, it gets tricky monitoring connections that aren't your own. You'll have to hunt to find someone that will work with Windows and wireless networks (and even then, you need specific brands of hardware). For switched networks, you're out of luck, and would need to do something like add a hub in order to monitor the traffic. -Scott --- Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers since 2000. Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver vulnerability detection. Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
