Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Rookie question

[Breen Mullins <bmullins@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 08:52 +1000, ronnie sahlberg wrote:
> On 6/14/05, Linux Hawk <linux_hawk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am getting a lot of traffic on our Network.
> > 
> > My question at this point is why in the main window of
> > Ethereal why does it give something like # # # # # . 1
> > instead of a IP Address?
> > 
[...]
> > The Source said it is from a Sercom product.
> > 

> > My question at this point is why in the main window of
> > Ethereal why does it give something like # # # # # . 1
> > instead of a IP Address?
> 
> Because it is not an IP packet but an AppleTalk packet?
> 
> You apparently do have hosts using the AppleTalk in your network and
> that is why
> they do not display an IP address.

Sercom make some network storage products (based on Linux) that
advertise storage using AppleTalk as well as SMB. I'd start by looking
for one of those boxes.

Breen
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