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