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atomicdog_7107
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Mar 28, 2012

tcpdump using a free interface

Hey guys,     I'm wondering if it is possible to do a tcpdump on an interface that is not in use by LTM. so typically where you would set up ''tcpdump -i etc', I'm wanting to use an available...
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atomicdog_7107
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Mar 29, 2012
It doesn't work unfortunately. It makes sense that it wouldn't though... it is going to discard anything that isn't tagged for that fake VLAN. I really need to capture on the port itself. I'm sure that the interfaces are just hidden... you can see eth0 and capture on that, so it's just a matter of knowing how to access the other 'hidden' interfaces. Does anyone know?