From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1P3uIq-0005KM-06 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:30:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 10855E07F4; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:30:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAF6E07F4 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:30:06 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.57,298,1283727600"; d="scan'208";a="221997021" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 07 Oct 2010 18:30:05 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.101] (unknown [192.168.1.101]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35DB46C52C for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:30:03 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sniffing / analysis of application / wifi packets on my LAN From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <4CADAEF7.4090302@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:30:03 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <09AFAAB1-8CAC-4461-A9AF-233C6AE9F347@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <4CADAEF7.4090302@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) X-Archives-Salt: 2f9d9fc5-9020-4dce-9f1b-13d515ad5426 X-Archives-Hash: 20cfa35d32f9f80367a42f3b8480de01 On 7 Oct 2010, at 12:28, Jake Moe wrote: > ... > As far as I'm aware, Wireshark is the standard for packet capture and > analysis. ... >=20 > As far as CLI tools go, sorry, I'm not sure what's available. Never = had > a need to look into those. So Wireshark is a GUI tool? I thought I'd used it in CLI mode (USE=3D"-gtk"???), but it was a long = time ago, so maybe I'm mistaken. Many thanks also to William & Mick. Yes, I did mean "promiscuous mode", = sorry. I'm sure I'll have more comments once I've had a chance to have a = crack at it. I'm planning on using a laptop with a cardbus wifi card, = and I realised it had last been used and updated 2 years ago, so I'm = (still) in the middle of reinstalling at the moment. Stroller.