Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Traffic

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From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 06:58:52 +0100 (CET)

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Jason Hernandez wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am new to Ethereal and network analysis and I was wondering if ARP and
> ICMP traffic is bad traffic?
>
> Jason

Hi,

No, it's not bad traffic. The former handles with translation between
network and MAC addresses, the later with network layes test and error
messages.

Try the Ethereal wiki and  http://www.protocols.com for more info.

Thanx,
Jaap