I guess both tcpdump & ethereal do not generate packets. Lakshmi -----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org]On Behalf Of Daniel Christians Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 5:34 PM To: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: tools to check IP & ICMP Layer Hi Lakshmi, My teacher recommended "ethereal" which is a GUI network protocol analyzer. Peace, Dan > > On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 09:08, Lakshmi Shanmugam wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I have made some changes in the standard IP & ICMP module of the linux stack > > & have plugged these 2 changed modules in the linux stack . > > Now i need to know whether it performs all the functionalities correctly. > > eg : For an ICMP request i could check it with a standard ping routine > > wherin i get a reply back. > > Now i need to test it for other ICMP packets like ICMP error etc etc.. > > Similarly at the IP layer i need to check for other functionalites like > > fragmentation , reassembly. > > > > Is there any tool available to test the IP module & ICMP module????? > > > > > > - > > Lakshmi > > Hi Lakshmi, > > what about tcpdump? That would show you every packet as is. > > Hope that's what you need > Frank > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
