[ale] Monitor Internet Traffic

[Darrell Golliher]

Anybody have a easy to use way to listen in on a network connection that uses a line based text protocol?  In other words something that taps into a telnet connection, but on a custom port.    I’m looking for something to show me exactly what is transpiring between my networked Sharp TV and the Sharp remote control app.   




I tried wireshark, though I’m completely unskilled in its use.  What it produces for me does not look like the text based traffic I’m looking for.




tia,





Darrell





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On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chris,
> Wireshark, in console mode is tshark. TCPDUMP is good. But if you
> wanting some graphs, you could set up your pi as the default gw use
> some great tools with debian like
> awffull
> iptool
> ntop, but make sure you set up a password or change the port.
> But that just my 2 cents.
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Chris Fowler
> <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
>> I have a TP-LINK ADSL2+ dual-band wireless router.  It offers me no features
>> to monitor traffic.  I'm thinking about buying a ADSL2+ bridge at Frys and
>> then tapping the CAT-5 from it to the TP-LINK to sniff.  Are there any good
>> Linux packages to do this?  Something I could run on the Pi2?
>>
>> I'll use DHCP to statically assign each device in the house with an ip
>> address.  I will then look at traffic based on IP.  I'm trying to get an
>> idea of how much bandwidth we are using and when so that when I need it most
>> I can throttle it down.  I'll know where it is coming from.
>>
>>
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