Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] How can I capture all PPP Frames

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 09:50:03 -0500 (CDT)
On Thu, 3 May 2001, webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> i want to capture all PPP Frames of a PPP connection with my Linux box and
> Ethereal. The problem is that the interface ppp0 is dynamically available
> AFTER the connection setup phase. (There is no capture device before the
> connection was completly established) But I want those PPP frames from the
> connection setup phase (authentication etc.) to be captured too.
> 
> Any hints ?

You should be able to use the "record" option within pppd to save the
packet data to a file that Ethereal can read.


> 
> Thanks,
> 
> YA
> 
> Please reply to yahi@xxxxxxxxxxx, i am not subscribed to the list.
> 
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