Affordable Packet Analyzer MacOSX

[o***@netrogue.de]

I'm currently fiddling with network programming and found that a packet analyzer can come in very handy. Unfortunately the one's I've found are just too expensive for my liking. Can anoybody recommend any certain product that does not go above $50? I've been using Frameseer, but I'm not entirely happy with it. I'm not inclined to install X11 and I certainly don't want to dish out $$$$ for etherpeek and co.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Ole.

[Hugh Wolf]

Post by o***@netrogue.de
I'm currently fiddling with network programming and found that a
packet analyzer can come in very handy.

What do you want it to do specifically?

Post by o***@netrogue.de
I'm not inclined to install X11

This is pretty painless, and it gives you access to a nice piece of
opensource freeware called ethereal. Whether or not this is
sufficient for your needs, I don't know. Depends what you need this
tool to do.

I wrote a better one myself some years ago but it requires lisp and
clim...

[o***@netrogue.de]

Post by Hugh Wolf

Post by o***@netrogue.de
I'm currently fiddling with network programming and found that a
packet analyzer can come in very handy.

What do you want it to do specifically?

All I need is a little TCP/IP Header decoding and display of the TCP (or UDP) contents... nothing much really. Etheral served me fine on a PC until I switched to the Mac 2 Months ago.

Post by Hugh Wolf

Post by o***@netrogue.de
I'm not inclined to install X11

This is pretty painless, and it gives you access to a nice piece of
opensource freeware called ethereal. Whether or not this is
sufficient for your needs, I don't know. Depends what you need this
tool to do.

Yes Ethereal is great, but I just don't feel comfortable with the tough of installing X11. It might be because I've been working with Linux for so long and I wanted something friendlier when I got my Mac :-) Just call it superstition - it will surely change in the future, but I'm not quite ready.

Post by Hugh Wolf
I wrote a better one myself some years ago but it requires lisp and
clim...

Any other ideas what I might use for this simple task?


Regards,

Ole

[Mike Cohen]

Post by o***@netrogue.de
Yes Ethereal is great, but I just don't feel comfortable with the tough of
installing X11. It might be because I've been working with Linux for so long
and I wanted something friendlier when I got my Mac :-) Just call it
superstition - it will surely change in the future, but I'm not quite ready.

X11 is pretty painless - downoad Apple's version, or if you're
installing Panther, go to custom install and select X11.

[Heath Raftery]

Post by o***@netrogue.de

Post by Hugh Wolf

Post by o***@netrogue.de
I'm currently fiddling with network programming and found that a
packet analyzer can come in very handy.

What do you want it to do specifically?

All I need is a little TCP/IP Header decoding and display of the TCP (or UDP) contents... nothing much really. Etheral served me fine on a PC until I switched to the Mac 2 Months ago.

If you really don't want to install X11 (honestly, it is like
installing any other application. Actually installing ethereal would
probably be the harder part), then check out MacSniffer or Sniffles.
Both are wrappers around tcpdump and do a decent, if simple, job.

[Jon]

Post by o***@netrogue.de
I'm currently fiddling with network programming and found that a packet
analyzer can come in very handy. Unfortunately the one's I've found are just
too expensive for my liking. Can anoybody recommend any certain product that
does not go above $50? I've been using Frameseer, but I'm not entirely happy
with it. I'm not inclined to install X11 and I certainly don't want to dish
out $$$$ for etherpeek and co.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ole.

Try Interarchy ($45)
http://www.interarchy.com/cgi-perl/main.html