Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Lost packets

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:55:59 -0700
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 09:04:01AM +0200, Andreas Sikkema wrote:
> > From: David Kuder [mailto:david.kuder@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > You sure you have a hub?  If you see traffic in the capture but it's
> > all ARP and microsoft babble you are probably only seeing broadcast
> > traffic.
> 
> The OP might have a 10/100 shitching hub with his machine and the
> other machines running on a different Ethernet speed.

The topic of capturing on networks with switches (including switching
hubs) and dual-speed hubs is discussed in:

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.1