Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Not displaying incomming packets

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From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:01:17 +0100 (CET)
Hi,

>From the description it seems that you think that you've a hub, but it
houses a switch as well. It's a common misunderstanding, often caused by
confusing description of the device. Check out the wiki pacges on this.
Several types are mentioned, maybe yours as well.

Thanx,
Jaap


On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Graham Moseley wrote:

>
>
> Why does etherreal not capture incomming packets destined for another pc
> on my LAN? I have donwloaded the latest version and installed it onto a
> pc connected to a hub on my LAN which has a gateway to the internet. If
> I configure capture in promiscuos mode without any capture filter it
> will capture ALL outgoing packets from both machines but only the
> incomming ones destined for the etherreal pc
>
> Any help will be appreciated as I have spent hours trying to get this to
> work
>
> Thanks
>
> Graham
>
>