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Often, a network sniff with Ethereal will be helpful in tracking down problems. The sniffer software is free,
Often, a network sniff with Ethereal will be helpful in tracking down problems. The sniffer software is free,
and is available at http://www.ethereal.com
and is available at http://www.wireshark.org


The usual approach:
The usual approach:
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# Shutdown Media Center
# Shutdown Media Center
# Turn off any sources of unneeded network traffic (e-mail clients, for example)
# Turn off any sources of unneeded network traffic (e-mail clients, for example)
# Start Ethereal
# Start wireshark
# Start Media Center
# Start Media Center
# Start the remote device/computer
# Start the remote device/computer
# Reproduce the problem
# Reproduce the problem
# Stop Ethereal sniffing
# Stop wireshark sniffing
# Save the file, and make it available to J. River
# Save the file, and make it available to J. River

Revision as of 15:31, 18 January 2007

Ethereal

Often, a network sniff with Ethereal will be helpful in tracking down problems. The sniffer software is free, and is available at http://www.wireshark.org

The usual approach:

  1. Shutdown the remote device/computer
  2. Shutdown Media Center
  3. Turn off any sources of unneeded network traffic (e-mail clients, for example)
  4. Start wireshark
  5. Start Media Center
  6. Start the remote device/computer
  7. Reproduce the problem
  8. Stop wireshark sniffing
  9. Save the file, and make it available to J. River
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