[WriteLog] Networking

[Tom McDermott]

Hi Bob,

	The article referenced in the link has the web address for Ethereal:
http://www.ethereal.com

	You have to first install the capture program, then the display
program,
binaries for both for Windows can be found via that site. Ethereal is
usually considered the 'Gold Standard' for Ethernet LAN sniffers, and it's
free!

	-- Tom, N5EG



-----Original Message-----
From: rlcarroll [mailto:rlcarroll at patmedia.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:40 PM
To: 'Tom McDermott'
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Networking


Tom-

Where can I find Etherial?

Bob W2WG

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom McDermott
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:21 PM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Cc: rwmcgwier at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Networking

Hi Bob,

	Older versions of Windows have some NETBIOS limitations.
Here is a link to the archives that shows the problem. BTW - Ethereal really
helps debug these problems fast. This link is a detailed explanation from
the WRITELOG archives:

http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/WriteLog/2003-02/msg00569.html

	Summary: Win95 maps all NETBIOS characters to UPPERCASE, and
truncates the name at a space character, while WinXP does not. You can have
two windows machines talking to each other through explorer (seeing the
folders, files, etc.) yet NETBIOS is not talking!

	Also, if you are using DHCP, make sure that there is no "lmhosts"
file on either machine, or if you do, that the flags in that file do not
override specific host name resolution.

	You can look at the NETBIOS table with a DOS command:

nbtstat -n

	which lists the NETBIOS table on your local machine. nbtstat without
a switch will give you help for the nbtstat command (you can look at remote
machines, for example).

	-- Tom, N5EG








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