Sharing Plug-in Debugging Hints

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.ethereal.com

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 Ethereal
5. Start Media Center
6. Start the remote device/computer
7. Reproduce the problem
8. Stop Ethereal sniffing
9. Save the file, and make it available to J. River