Re: SNIFFING TCP PACKETS ? [7:8683]

2001-06-15 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
FCS. I use EtherPeek these days, which does account for the 4-byte FCS, but Sniffer does not, as I recall. Priscilla At 04:30 AM 6/15/01, Burnham, Chris wrote: >When sniffing a TCP conversation on NAI Sniffer pro. why do ack only packets >show a length of 60 bytes when the minimum ether frame s

Re: SNIFFING TCP PACKETS ? [7:8683]

2001-06-15 Thread gio
Yes, Minimum Ethernet frame is 64 but Sniffers do not include CRC when displaying packets Gio ""Burnham, Chris"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > When sniffing a TCP conversation on NAI Sniffer pro. why do ack only packets > show a length of 60 bytes when the

Re: SNIFFING TCP PACKETS ? [7:8683]

2001-06-15 Thread Vlade
64 bytes is the minimum length of the entire frame. The mininum size of the data portion of the frame is 38 bytes for 802.3 and 46 bytes for Ethernet. TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1 is the source of this data and altough slightly dated probably the best book on TCP/IP in print. ""Burnham, Chris"" w

SNIFFING TCP PACKETS ? [7:8683]

2001-06-15 Thread Burnham, Chris
When sniffing a TCP conversation on NAI Sniffer pro. why do ack only packets show a length of 60 bytes when the minimum ether frame should be 64 ?/ where are the other 4 bytes Chris Burnham, Systems Engineer, Delphis Consulting Plc. Tel: +(44) 020 7916 0200 Mob: +(44) 07799403576 [E