Packet Sniffer

Document revision 1.5 (Thu May 20 14:56:46 GMT 2004)

This document applies to V2.9

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
General Information
Summary
Specifications
Related Documents
Description
Packet Sniffer Configuration
Property Description
Notes
Example
Running Packet Sniffer
Description
Example
Sniffed Packets
Description
Property Description
Example
Packet Sniffer Protocols
Description
Property Description
Example
Packet Sniffer Host
Description
Property Description
Example
Packet Sniffer Connections
Description
Property Description
Example
Sniff MAC Address

General Information

Summary


  
     
           
   


              

    
   

Specifications
Packages required: system

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License required: level1
Home menu level: /tool sniffer
Standards and Technologies: none
Hardware usage: Not significant

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Description

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Packet Sniffer Configuration

Home menu level: /tool sniffer

Property Description
interface (name | all; default: all) - the name of the interface that receives the packets
only-headers (yes | no; default: no) - whether to save in the memory packets' headers only (not the
whole packet)
memory-limit (integer; default: 10) - maximum amount of memory to use. Sniffer will stop after
this limit is reached
file-name (text; default: "") - the name of the file where the sniffed packets will be saved to
file-limit (integer; default: 10) - the limit of the file in KB. Sniffer will stop after this limit is
reached
streaming-enabled (yes | no; default: no) - whether to send sniffed packets to a remote server
streaming-server (IP address; default: 0.0.0.0) - Tazmen Sniffer Protocol (TZSP) stream receiver
filter-stream (yes | no; default: yes) - whether to ignore sniffed packets that are destined to the
stream server
filter-protocol (all-frames | ip-only | mac-only-no-ip; default: ip-only) - specific protocol group to
filter
• all-frames - sniff all packets
• ip-only - sniff IP packets only
• mac-only-no-ip - sniff non-IP packets only
filter-address1 (IP address/mask:port; default: 0.0.0.0/0:0-65535) - criterion of choosing the
packets to process
filter-address2 (IP address/mask:port; default: 0.0.0.0/0:0-65535) - criterion of choosing the
packets to process
running (read-only: yes | no; default: no) - if the sniffer is started then the value is yes otherwise no

Notes

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Example

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[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer>set streaming-server=10.0.0.241 \
\... streaming-enabled=yes file-name=test
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer> prin
interface: all
only-headers: no
memory-limit: 10
file-name: "test"
file-limit: 10
streaming-enabled: yes
streaming-server: 10.0.0.241
filter-stream: yes
filter-protocol: ip-only
filter-address1: 0.0.0.0/0:0-65535
filter-address2: 0.0.0.0/0:0-65535
running: no
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer>start
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer>stop

Running Packet Sniffer

Command name: /tool sniffer start, /tool sniffer stop, /tool sniffer save

Description

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Example

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[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer> start
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer> stop

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[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer> save file-name=test
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer> /file print
# NAME TYPE SIZE CREATION-TIME
0 test unknown 1350 apr/07/2003 16:01:52
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer>

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Sniffed Packets
Home menu level: /tool sniffer packet

Description

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Property Description
data (read-only: text) - specified data inclusion in packets
dst-address (read-only: IP address) - IP destination address
fragment-offset (read-only: integer) - IP fragment offset
identification (read-only: integer) - IP identification
ip-header-size (read-only: integer) - the size of IP header
ip-packet-size (read-only: integer) - the size of IP packet
ip-protocol (ip | icmp | igmp | ggp | ipencap | st | tcp | egp | pup | udp | hmp | xns-idp | rdp | iso-tp4 |
xtp | ddp | idrp-cmtp | gre | esp | ah | rspf | vmtp | ospf | ipip | encap) - the name/number of IP
protocol
• ip - Internet Protocol
• icmp - Internet Control Message Protocol
• igmp - Internet Group Management Protocol
• ggp - Gateway-Gateway Protocol
• ipencap - IP Encapsulated in IP
• st - st datagram mode
• tcp - Transmission Control Protocol
• egp - Exterior Gateway Protocol
• pup - Parc Universal packet Protocol
• udp - User Datagram Protocol
• hmp - Host Monitoring Protocol
• xns-idp - Xerox ns idp
• rdp - Reliable Datagram Protocol
• iso-tp4 - ISO Transport Protocol class 4
• xtp - Xpress Transfer Protocol
• ddp - Datagram Delivery Protocol
• idpr-cmtp - idpr Control Message Transport
• gre - General Routing Encapsulation
• esp - IPsec ESP protocol
• ah - IPsec AH protocol
• rspf - Radio Shortest Path First
• vmtp - Versatile Message Transport Protocol

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 • ospf - Open Shortest Path First
• ipip - IP encapsulation (protocol 4)
• encap - IP encapsulation (protocol 98)
protocol (read-only: ip | arp | rarp | ipx | ipv6) - the name/number of ethernet protocol
• ip - Internet Protocol
• arp - Address Resolution Protocol
• rarp - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
• ipx - Internet Packet exchange protocol
• ipv6 - Internet Protocol next generation
size (read-only: integer) - size of packet
src-address (IP address) - source address
time (read-only: time) - time when packet arrived
tos (read-only: integer) - IP Type Of Service
ttl (read-only: integer) - IP Time To Live

Example

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[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer packet> pr
# TIME INTERFACE SRC-ADDRESS DST-ADDRESS IP-.. SIZE
0 0.12 ether1 10.0.0.241:1839 10.0.0.181:23 (telnet) tcp 46
1 0.12 ether1 10.0.0.241:1839 10.0.0.181:23 (telnet) tcp 40
2 0.12 ether1 10.0.0.181:23 (telnet) 10.0.0.241:1839 tcp 78
3 0.292 ether1 10.0.0.181 10.0.0.4 gre 88
4 0.32 ether1 10.0.0.241:1839 10.0.0.181:23 (telnet) tcp 40
5 0.744 ether1 10.0.0.144:2265 10.0.0.181:22 (ssh) tcp 76
6 0.744 ether1 10.0.0.144:2265 10.0.0.181:22 (ssh) tcp 76
7 0.744 ether1 10.0.0.181:22 (ssh) 10.0.0.144:2265 tcp 40
8 0.744 ether1 10.0.0.181:22 (ssh) 10.0.0.144:2265 tcp 76
-- more

Packet Sniffer Protocols

Home menu level: /tool sniffer protocol

Description

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Property Description
bytes (integer) - total number of data bytes
protocol (read-only: ip | arp | rarp | ipx | ipv6) - the name/number of ethernet protocol
• ip - Internet Protocol
• arp - Address Resolution Protocol
• rarp - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
• ipx - Internet Packet exchange protocol

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 • ipv6 - Internet Protocol next generation
ip-protocol (ip | icmp | igmp | ggp | ipencap | st | tcp | egp | pup | udp | hmp | xns-idp | rdp | iso-tp4 |
xtp | ddp | idrp-cmtp | gre | esp | ah | rspf | vmtp | ospf | ipip | encap) - the name/number of IP
protocol
• ip - Internet Protocol
• icmp - Internet Control Message Protocol
• igmp - Internet Group Management Protocol
• ggp - Gateway-Gateway Protocol
• ipencap - IP Encapsulated in IP
• st - st datagram mode
• tcp - Transmission Control Protocol
• egp - Exterior Gateway Protocol
• pup - Parc Universal packet Protocol
• udp - User Datagram Protocol
• hmp - Host Monitoring Protocol
• xns-idp - Xerox ns idp
• rdp - Reliable Datagram Protocol
• iso-tp4 - ISO Transport Protocol class 4
• xtp - Xpress Transfer Protocol
• ddp - Datagram Delivery Protocol
• idpr-cmtp - idpr Control Message Transport
• gre - General Routing Encapsulation
• esp - IPsec ESP protocol
• ah - IPsec AH protocol
• rspf - Radio Shortest Path First
• vmtp - Versatile Message Transport Protocol
• ospf - Open Shortest Path First
• ipip - IP encapsulation
• encap - IP encapsulation
packets (integer) - the number of packets
port (name) - the port of TCP/UDP protocol
share (integer) - specific type of traffic compared to all traffic in bytes

Example
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer protocol> print
# PROTOCOL IP-PR... PORT PACKETS BYTES SHARE
0 ip 77 4592 100 %
1 ip tcp 74 4328 94.25 %
2 ip gre 3 264 5.74 %
3 ip tcp 22 (ssh) 49 3220 70.12 %
4 ip tcp 23 (telnet) 25 1108 24.12 %
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer protocol>

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Packet Sniffer Host
Home menu level: /tool sniffer host

Description

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Property Description
address (read-only: IP address) - IP address of the host
peek-rate (read-only: integer/integer) - the maximum data-rate received/transmitted
rate (read-only: integer/integer) - current data-rate received/transmitted
total (read-only: integer/integer) - total packets received/transmitted

Example

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[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer host> print
# ADDRESS RATE PEEK-RATE TOTAL
0 10.0.0.4 0bps/0bps 704bps/0bps 264/0
1 10.0.0.144 0bps/0bps 6.24kbps/12.2kbps 1092/2128
2 10.0.0.181 0bps/0bps 12.2kbps/6.24kbps 2994/1598
3 10.0.0.241 0bps/0bps 1.31kbps/4.85kbps 242/866
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer host>

Packet Sniffer Connections

Home menu level: /tool sniffer connection

Description

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Property Description
active (read-only: yes | no) - if yes the find active connections
bytes (read-only: integer) - bytes in the current connection
dst-address (read-only: IP address) - destination address
mss (read-only: integer) - Maximum Segment Size
resends (read-only: integer) - the number of packets resends in the current connection
src-address (read-only: IP address) - source address

Example

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 [admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer connection> print
Flags: A - active
# SRC-ADDRESS DST-ADDRESS BYTES RESENDS MSS
0 A 10.0.0.241:1839 10.0.0.181:23 (telnet) 6/42 60/0 0/0
1 A 10.0.0.144:2265 10.0.0.181:22 (ssh) 504/252 504/0 0/0
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer connection>

Sniff MAC Address

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[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer> stop
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer> set interface=bridge1
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer> start
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer> print
interface: bridge1
only-headers: no
memory-limit: 10
file-name:
file-limit: 10
streaming-enabled: no
streaming-server: 0.0.0.0
filter-stream: yes
filter-protocol: ip-only
filter-address1: 0.0.0.0/0:0-65535
filter-address2: 0.0.0.0/0:0-65535
running: yes
[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer>

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[admin@MikroTik] tool sniffer packet> print detail
0 time=0 src-mac-address=00:0C:42:03:02:C7 dst-mac-address=00:30:4F:08:3A:E7
interface=bridge1 src-address=10.5.8.104:1125
dst-address=10.1.0.172:3987 (winbox-tls) protocol=ip ip-protocol=tcp
size=146 ip-packet-size=146 ip-header-size=20 tos=0 identification=5088
fragment-offset=0 ttl=126
1 time=0 src-mac-address=00:30:4F:08:3A:E7 dst-mac-address=00:0C:42:03:02:C7
interface=bridge1 src-address=10.1.0.172:3987 (winbox-tls)
dst-address=10.5.8.104:1125 protocol=ip ip-protocol=tcp size=253
ip-packet-size=253 ip-header-size=20 tos=0 identification=41744
fragment-offset=0 ttl=64
2 time=0.071 src-mac-address=00:0C:42:03:02:C7
dst-mac-address=00:30:4F:08:3A:E7 interface=bridge1
src-address=10.5.8.104:1125 dst-address=10.1.0.172:3987 (winbox-tls)
protocol=ip ip-protocol=tcp size=40 ip-packet-size=40 ip-header-size=20
tos=0 identification=5089 fragment-offset=0 ttl=126
3 time=0.071 src-mac-address=00:30:4F:08:3A:E7
dst-mac-address=00:0C:42:03:02:C7 interface=bridge1
src-address=10.1.0.172:3987 (winbox-tls) dst-address=10.5.8.104:1125
protocol=ip ip-protocol=tcp size=213 ip-packet-size=213 ip-header-size=20
tos=0 identification=41745 fragment-offset=0 ttl=64
-- [Q quit|D dump|down]

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