Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] how to see IP trafic on a router

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From: Hansang Bae <hbae@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:54:54 -0500
On 06:08 AM 3/28/2006, Cedric MICHEL wrote:
>Hi,
>I want to know if it is possible to capture IP trafic on a Cisco router. I install Ethereal on my PC and I want see IP traffic on my router, is it possible?
>Regards,


I think you are asking to see the packets going through your router, is that correct?

If so, what you have to do is span (or mirror) the router's switch port to your Ethereal PC.   Then all traffic going through the router will be seen by your PC. 



hsb