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Grant <emailgrant <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> I have 3 Gentoo systems on a wireless network, one of which is the |
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> firewall/router. Sometimes any traffic to one of the systems |
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> effectively freezes traffic on the whole network. Does anyone know |
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> what might cause that? It's tough to investigate because it doesn't |
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> happen all the time. |
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wireshark and similar tools are a good place to start. Look in this |
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dir for a listing of diagnosic tools to try: |
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/usr/portage/net-analyzer |
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There is a book: 'Wireshark & Ethereal' by a group of authors: |
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Orebaugh Ramirez Burke MOrris Pesce Wright |
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That has a chapter titled 'Wireless sniffing with Wireshark' |
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that may be of interest to you. |
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I've only had a chance to look at a few pages, but, it's on |
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my todo list..... |
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good hunting! |
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James |
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