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From: patrick@blister.Solbourne.COM (Patrick Bowman)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.sources.wanted,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Monitoring Ethernet traffic with a simple Ethernet card
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.180145.2211@blister.Solbourne.COM>
Date: 9 Jan 91 18:01:45 GMT
Sender: patrick@blister.Solbourne.COM (Patrick Bowman)
Organization: Solbourne Computer of Canada, Ltd.
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I'm looking for an Ethernet line monitor program that runs on an IBM
PC and works through a standard Ethernet card (3Com, WD, etc.).  I
know that they exist  -  I've spoken to people who claim to have seen
them in operation.  I don't know how they can work, because I thought
all Ethernet cards had hardcoded E-net addresses.  (I have heard it
rumored that some cards can have their E-net address downloaded to
them, but I haven't seen examples of this).  Does anybody know
where I can find such a thing?

The application that I'm looking at is running TCP/IP over Ethernet,
and the ability to interpret TCP/IP packets would be a real
advantage.

Sorry about the cross-posting, I really don't know where this request
is most likely to get answered.