Re: Wireshark for layer 2 ATM traffic?

[Sake Blok <sake () euronet nl>]

On 11 jul 2010, at 00:07, Guy Harris wrote:

> On Jul 10, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Kok-Yong Tan wrote:
>
> > Question:  Can wireshark be used to get any data that would reveal  
> > the cause of the dropped ADSL2 connection considering no layer 3  
> > traffic is flowing and only layer 2 ATM traffic is (supposedly) flowing?
>
> If the problem is at the ADSL layer, the first thing you'd need to do is find some way of capturing traffic at the 
> ATM layer to and from your ADSL modem.  That's not a Wireshark issue - that's a hardware issue, and would require 
> either
>
>       1) some sort of passive tap on the ADSL connection

A little googling results in:

http://www.wavetel.fr/en/NIVA_HIGH_IMPEDANCE_NON_INTRUSIVE_ADSL_ANALYSER_ANALYZER.htm

Which seems to give you all info on the ADSL2 side (physical as well as logical data). I have no clue about the cost...

Cheers,


Sake
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