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From: jbarrm@panix.com (Barry Masterson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Network Diagnostics - TCPDUMP
Date: 17 Feb 1996 10:42:44 -0500
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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Sean P. Robertson (spr@awod.com) wrote:
: Is there something I can use to find out what machines on my network 
: are generating the most traffic?  I hear that TCPDUMP can do this.  
: is there a port of this anywhere that will run under FreeBSD?

: 						Sean

tcpdump is built into the freebsd kernel. Simply add the line:

	pseudo-device	bpfilter	4

to your kernel config file, recompile,  and your in.

Barry Masterson

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