User Guide

Using sniff 329
Using sniff
The sniff utility is a network management tool that displays the packets that a
specific Network Interface Card (NIC) is hearing.
Syntax
Invoke sniff from the command line in the <CC_install_directory>/program
directory using the following syntax:
sniff
Sample output
Below is sample output from the sniff utility:
Mail Test Environment Variables:
BTMailHost, BTSender, BTRecipients, BTSubject, BTText
Packet Test Environment Variables:
BTPort, BTMcastTTL, BTUcastCount, BTBcastCount, BTMcastCount
BTSendInterval, BTDoLocalBind, BTUcastAddress, BTBcastAddress
BTMcastAddress, BTLocalAddress, BTSendSize, BTRecvSize
BTConsole, BTLogFile, BTSystem
Press keys at run-time:
d - dump sniff configuration information
H - display this and more help
h - display this help
l - run load balance test thread
m - run mail test thread
p - toggle packet dump display
q, <ESC>, <ENTER> - quit all active threads and exit
r - run UDP listener thread
s - run packet test thread
x - execute system command
Use the "r" command within sniff to listen to intra-cluster packets:
Listen Thread thread running on ’any’ interface...
[ SrvHello @ Tue Jun 30 17:01:57 1998] 192.168.0.213
boston1.brighttiger.com (192.168.0.118 ) (255.255.255.0 )
sales_automation Mcast V1.2 Available 2/90
[[ SrvHello @ Tue Jun 30 17:01:57 1998] 192.168.0.213
somewhere.brighttiger.com (192.168.0.213 ) (255.255.255.0 )