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ratcatcher · 28-12-10, 07:27 PM

hi guys looking for some help grabbed a linux live cd and whacked it in running from disk any way put this cmd into terminl and its dumping stuff but from the look nothing useful
the cmd is
cd ~/Desktop && touch mac
sudo tcpdump -s 10240 -vvvenA udp port 67 and udp port 68 >> mac
and its dumping stuff to a document but dont know what so my question is could any 1 tell me of an easier way to sniff macs on linux or am i best sticking with windows considering installing this alongside my windows tho cheers for any help guys

Gypo · 04-01-11, 10:22 AM

Install Linux to the HDD and then install Wireshark.

Are you familiar with Linux?

I'm pretty new to it myself but it makes network analysis easy, so much more data is easily available than through Windows.

28-12-10, 07:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
ratcatcher Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 563 Thanks: 281 Thanked 93 Times in 85 Posts	sniffing macs on linux hi guys looking for some help grabbed a linux live cd and whacked it in running from disk any way put this cmd into terminl and its dumping stuff but from the look nothing useful the cmd is cd ~/Desktop && touch mac sudo tcpdump -s 10240 -vvvenA udp port 67 and udp port 68 >> mac and its dumping stuff to a document but dont know what so my question is could any 1 tell me of an easier way to sniff macs on linux or am i best sticking with windows considering installing this alongside my windows tho cheers for any help guys

04-01-11, 10:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Gypo Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 77 Thanks: 5 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Re: sniffing macs on linux Install Linux to the HDD and then install Wireshark. Are you familiar with Linux? I'm pretty new to it myself but it makes network analysis easy, so much more data is easily available than through Windows.

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