Setup guide

Property Description
Example
Sniff MAC Address
General Information
Summary
Packet sniffer is a feature that catches all the data travelling over the network, that it is able to get
(when using switched network, a computer may catch only the data addressed to it or is forwarded
through it).
Specifications
Packages required: system
License required: level1
tool sniffer
Standards and Technologies: none
Hardware usage: Not significant
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Description
It allows you to "sniff" packets going through the router (and any other traffic that gets to the router,
when there is no switching in the network) and view them using specific software.
Packet Sniffer Configuration
tool sniffer
Property Description
interface (name | all; default: all) - the name of the interface that receives the packets
only-headers (yes | no; default: no) - whether to save in the memory packets' headers only (not the
whole packet)
memory-limit (integer; default: 10) - maximum amount of memory to use. Sniffer will stop after
this limit is reached
file-name (text; default: "") - the name of the file where the sniffed packets will be saved to
file-limit (integer; default: 10) - the limit of the file in KB. Sniffer will stop after this limit is
reached
streaming-enabled (yes | no; default: no) - whether to send sniffed packets to a remote server
streaming-server (IP address; default: 0.0.0.0) - Tazmen Sniffer Protocol (TZSP) stream receiver
filter-stream (yes | no; default: yes) - whether to ignore sniffed packets that are destined to the
stream server