Introduction to Ethereal (v.0.9.9), The Open Source Network-Protocol Analyzer

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Ethereal
...Comparison to Network Monitor...
Ethereal Network Monitor
Supports complex display
filters
yes no
Can run multiple instances yes yes
Reads and writes formats of
most other vendors’ sniffers
yes no
Number of protocols
decoded
~370 and
counting
78
To capture traffic between
host_A and host_B
specify
hostnames
manually add
hostnames to database
by ip or hardware
address, then select