Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] Capture on Cisco 2950 and WinXP with 2 NIC C ards

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From: Richard Binns <richard.binns@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 08:23:41 -0000
HI

This may be over-simplifying the situation but you need to check out the
software configuration manual for the 2950 switch. I noted in the lab when
using these that the facilities in the 2950 are different from older
catalyst switches. If memory serves correct I think they are limited to
monitoring only one VLAN and they can only monitor ingress traffic to a port
not outgress (Cisco terms for traffic in and out).
I have these in my network lab and the issues of the changes to SPAN have
cause problems. I suggest a google on the configuration you need, you will
probably find a Cisco cite link that explains full config.

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Pawly [mailto:rpawly@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 March 2004 22:23
To: ethereal-users
Subject: [Ethereal-users] Capture on Cisco 2950 and WinXP with 2 NIC
Cards


I have a computer on a Cisco 2950 that has 2 nic cards 1 for network
connectivity and 1 connected to an additional switch port that is setup for
monitoring. This NIC has no subnet, no gateway, no ip address, and no dns
addys. When I try to put host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the capture filter I get
nothing in the way of packets displayed.

When I erase that capture filter and then start with none and then put a
ip.addr == xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the filter of the main window I get the
packets just fine. 

I have also just tried giving the 2nd nic (set up for monitoring in the
switch) a ip address gateway and subnet, and when I put host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
in the caputre field I get only arp messages asking where the
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is and to notify the 2nd nics address. 

Before we had a rag tag of diffent switches installed and it was never a
problem worked great but since the installation of the Cisco 2950s this has
been a issue. 

Please help. 

Thanks

Rich


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