Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] Protocol Hierarchy

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From: "Surena K.D." <surenakd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 07:26:25
Hi

I tried the FAQ and user guide and searched the list, but I could not find my answer. Attached is the protocol hierarchy from tools menu. I ran ethereal in "non-promisc" mode and then got a file with ftp. I shutdown all other applications so the tcp traffic is mostly for ftp transfer. The result is shown in attached file. The tcp protocol is 25% of all traffic but the sum of the categories under it is about 16.5%. I always get about 40% difference between the total tcp traffic and sum of the categories under it. I tested it under win2000 and Linux, but I got the same results. Also I thought maybe there is another application using tcp and I am not aware of it. So I tried getting big files, so the effect of those applications be small. But the result did not change much. I want to know what causes such a large difference?

Thanx


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