Yeah it is good but only for wired lans. I was trying to use it to diagnose trouble with my Wi-fi network and it turns out I need to buy some special software to let my card sniff packets and that software was a few hundred bucks. Didn't investigate further, maybe there was a cheaper solution.
On Nov 9, 2007 4:26 PM, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wireshark (formerly known as the venerable Ethereal) is all I use. :) Great > software. > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DHSinclair > > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 3:19 PM > > To: Hardware Group > > Subject: [H] packet sniffer > > > > Do not know how good this is, but the Brother Guru's asked me to use > > this > > to TS what I believe is a printer problem. The printer is > > hitting/logging > > my router's log every 11-12 minutes. > > The router posts an entry saying, "LAN access denied to a device with > > mac > > address 00....". > > The mac address is my printer.......... :) > > Anyway, thought you might like to play....... The code is at > > http://www.wireshark.org/ > > > > hth, > > Duncan > > > > -- Brian Weeden
