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

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From: LEGO <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:03:25 +0100
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:16:42 -0600, Marty Browne - IT
<mbrowne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How can I use ethereal to see if I have fragemented packets on my LAN?
ip.flags.mf is set for frames that contain the not last  fragment  of
fragmented packets,
ip.frag_ofsset  is set for all those frames that contain a fragment
other than the first

> Is it possible to have fragmented packets originating from PCs on a LAN going
> to a server on the same switch? 

Yes, for example a program can create udp packets larger than the MTU, those are
going to be fragmented to be transmitted.


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