[ale] Packet sniffer

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net (Thompson Freeman)]

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Jonathan Rickman wrote:

> On Mon, 20 May 2002, tom hawks wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know of a good free packet sniffer for win98?
> >
> 
> Others have no doubt mentioned ethereal. However, I'd encourage you to use
> another platform for packet capture. Win9x is not a very good choice for
> this type of work in my experience. If you MUST use Windows, try NT4 or
> 2000. I'm sure that's not what you want to hear, but trust me.

I'm sure if I thought more about it, I could come up with potiential
reasons Win9x is not a good choice. Rather than guessing, however, would
you like to expand on your assertion? (I'd be happy to trust you if I were
packet sniffing. I'm not - I'm attempting to understand the percieved
strengths/weaknesses of various computer technologies.)

> 
> 

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