Dual Nic Laptop

[Tod Merley]

On Nov 21, 2007 3:15 PM, GaryCarr <gcarr at lanl.gov> wrote:
> I am thinking of setting up a Linux laptop as a network sniffer. Use two
> nics, one for standard network connection, and the other for a sniffer
> session connected to a mirror port on a switch. Probably just use
> wireshark for software.
>
> Is this a practical thing to do? Does anyone have any experience with
> this type of setup?
>
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Hi GaryCarr!

There are many ways of setting up a sniffer.   Check out "IDS
deployment guide" in the following link:

http://www.snort.org/docs/

Have fun!

Tod