Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] An applications which plots out a packets path

["George P Nychis" <gnychis@xxxxxxx>]

When you say "packet information"... what kind do you want to show

because NAM (in the NS package), can show you a packet traversing a network.  You can setup a TCP connection for instance and it will show you the 3 way handshake, and then the slow-start mechanism, and ACK's coming back.

Not sure what you want.

- George


> On 11:05 AM 3/14/2006, Brian Davis wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> I need an application which will take packet information from Ethereal
>> and animate a powerpoint slide or something similar to show customers
>> the path of a packet in a manner easier than reading Ethereal traces. 
>> Basically I envision a PP slide with hosts on it, and arrows would
>> light up as Ethereal detects packets between two hosts.
>> 
>> Any idea on how something like this could be done?
> 
> 
> Considering the packets per second of today's applications, how could
> this be done in any meaningful manner?  Ethereal has TCP FLow diagram
> (though somewhat broken) that shows the typical tcp bounce diagram.
> Packetyzer has a better tcp bounce diagram as well.
> 
> Most of what you're asking for exists in Opnet's IT-Guru software, but of
> course, that's extremely pricey.  I don't know if "ns" the open source
> network simulation software can do what you want.
> 
> hsb
> 
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