Network Troubleshooting Tools Flashcards
1
Q
protocol analyzer
A
allows inspection of traffic received by a host or passing over a network link
2
Q
packet sniffer
A
A sniffer captures frames moving over the network medium
3
Q
A basic software-based sniffer will
A
interrogate the frames received by the network adapter by installing a special driver
4
Q
promiscuous mode
A
it processes all unicast traffic within the Ethernet broadcast domain, whether it is intended for the host machine or not
5
Q
hardware sniffer
A
capable of tapping the actual network media in some way.
might be required to capture at wirespeed on 1+ Gbps links. A workstation with basic sniffer software may drop large numbers of frames under heavy loads.
6
Q
tcpdump
A
a command-line packet capture utility for Linux
