hmmm... winpcap support remote capturing, if this is whay you are after.
see: http://winpcap.polito.it/docs/man/html/group__remote__help.html
I recall libpcap in e.g. linux does not support this.
-Teuvo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eloranta Teuvo.G (Nokia-NET/Tampere)
> Sent: 22 December, 2004 16:32
> To: 'Ethereal user support'
> Subject: RE: [Ethereal-users] Query
>
>
> Hi,
>
> You might be able to monitor the traffic of machine B if you
> monitor in promiscuos mode and machine A is in same network
> so that B's traffic can be seen by A. I.e. there is no switch
> etc. to 'block'.
>
> See: http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.1
> http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.2
>
> to get the picture.
>
> BR. Teuvo
>
>
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> > Test
> > Sent: 22 December, 2004 08:29
> > To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Ethereal-users] Query
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a new user of ethereal and wanted to know if I
> > can use ethereal to analyze the interface of another
> > system? To be more specific, I have installed ethereal
> > on machine A but can I run it on an interface of
> > machine B (like ./ethereal B's IP address) or do I
> > need to install ethereal on machine B too?
> >
> > Regards,
> > ET.
> >
> >
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