Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] Interpretation of Packet Sniffer Data

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From: Jeff Parker <jparker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:37:24 -0400
> I'm not familiar with the use of packet sniffers. Do you have any
> information or know of any sites that can help me decipher 
> the data which
> I'm capturing. I'm trying to get an idea of how to interpret 
> the data so I
> can make sense of it and figure out how to troubleshoot problems.
> 
> Tom

Tom -
	Where are you starting from and what kind of traffic
are you trying to decode?  If you are looking at IP traffic,
investing in Steven?s TCP/IP Illustrated, vol. 1 is the first
step I?d suggest. 

- jeff