Packet sniffing software

[Giraffe }{unter]

What's a good packet siffing software to analize network traffic that could be peaking network traffic. something with a little more detail than ethereal?

[raw]

http://www.flukenetworks.com/us/LAN/default.htm

[Giraffe }{unter]

yeah... good stuff, but I need software based, I am trying to avoid a trip to our Florida office.

[Underpants?]

What's a good packet siffing software to analize network traffic that could be peaking network traffic. something with a little more detail than ethereal?

if you just want to scan all open ports on your network,
http://www.insecure.org
nmap is for you.
as far as sniffing, snort works fair to middlin' together with tethereal

[raw]

It is software based, I downloaded the trial (like 300 mb) and tested it. It's quite detailed. They cut back some of the features on the trial but it's better than paying the $10,000+ price on it.

[^misantropia^]

snort does a good job. Heavy traffic can put a strain on the network and/or box it's running on, though.

[+JuggerNaut+]

both nmap and snort are very good choices, i use both. haven't tried raw's suggestion.

what's the matter? donkey boy acting up again?

[duffman91]

http://www.ethereal.com/

Ethereal is your only choice for a packet sniffer that's free.

[plained]

far as i know, y'all are a bunch of package sniffers :lol:

[+JuggerNaut+]

ffs, i totally forgot about ethereal. out in the field it's awesome. been awhile since i used it. directions say to install winpcap first, then ehtereal.exe. but it seems that ethereal.exe comes with the latest beta version of winpcap? you using 3.1, Duff? is it pretty stable?

[+JuggerNaut+]

nevermind, had to update to beta anyway. 3.0 wouldn't work on my system.

[duffman91]

We use whatever the latest is +JuggerNaut+, we've never had a problem at work.

[+JuggerNaut+]

We use whatever the latest is +JuggerNaut+, we've never had a problem at work.

cool. we have hardware based sniffers at work, this is just for home use. thanks man.