[ale] Protocol Analyzer

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Ethereal supports reading anything your network adapter can get its 
hands on.  The limitations only come from the abilities of the card (can 
it be put into promiscuous mode), the OS (will it allow you to put the 
card into promiscuous mode), and the network physical configuration.  
The physical configuration (what switches/routers are between you and 
the machine(s) you want to monitor) have to be smart enough and 
configurable enough to send your monitor machine the packets you are 
interested in.

The Ethereal FAQ entry related to this has some good information: 
http://www.x-pole.co.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Hope that helps.

Tom

Terry Bailey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It looks like Ethereal will analyze packets relative to the computer 
> on which it is running, but on no other computer.  Does software 
> exist that will analyze all computers on a private local area network?
>
> Thanks
>
> Terry Bailey
>
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