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Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] VOIP detection

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Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 18:50:37 +0200
You probably have a swithed LAN, in which case packets directed
towards a certain machine are not trasmitted but to that box.

Take a look to http://wiki.ethereal.com/CaptureSetup_2fEthernet for
some hints on how to capture in that situation.


On 5/11/05, Avi & Debby <av_dd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just loaded Ethereal & ran it on my network.
> 
> We have a Vonage (Linksys) router (RT31P2) with built in
> VOIP lines.  While running Ethereal, I made a test call.
> The VOIP call was not detected and no packets were
> captured.
> 
> Should Ethereal detect these VOIP calls  and capture the
> VOIP packets ?
> 
> Or are the VOIP packets not making it to the internal side
> of the router (192.168.x.x, where the computers are) since
> the VOIP adapter is built into the router ?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your time in answering this
> question.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> A.  Brickner
> --
> Avi & Debby
> 
> av_dd@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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