Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] tethereal vs tcpdump

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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:58:12 -0500
Hi Dario,

Try tcpdump -s 1500 -w your_pcap.cap ip[21]==89
This will capture the full packets.  By default, tcpdump will only
capture 68 bytes of the packet.
man tcpdump will explain the snaplen (-s option).

Hope this helps,
Mike


On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:36:17AM +0100, Dario Lombardo wrote:
> Hi guys
> I experienced this problems some days ago using tcpdump and tethereal.
> I made a capture with tcpdump in order to get OSPF packets. My filter 
> was ip[21]==89. I saved my data into a pcap file, but when I opened it 
> with ethereal I found many packets marked [Short frame], and effectively 
> they where truncated. I made the same capture with tethereal (same 
> options) and I got a different result: the packets where captured 
> correctly, at full lenght.
> These are my versions:
> 
> Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)
> tcpdump-3.6.3-17.8.0.3
> ethereal-0.9.13-1.80.1
> libpcap-0.6.2-16
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> -- 
> Dario Lombardo
> Centro Sicurezza Be-Secure
> Telecom Italia LAB
> 
> 
> 
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