[Ti] Ethernet interface monitor

[Bill Palmer]

If you don't mind using the terminal, try the tcpdump program (might 
need the BSD stuff installed).  man tcpdump should tell you all you need 
to know.  You'll need admin access, which you presumably have.

Dennis Fazio wrote:

> Does anyone know of any software tool that can look at the ethernet 
> port and detect if it's functioning OK and how it's working? Often I 
> plug into foreign networks and it may take a long while for a DHCP 
> address to come up, or it doesn't come up at all.
>
> Many of the Windows notebooks have little green lights that tell you 
> if incoming ethernet frames are live on the wire, but that's not 
> available in PowerBooks. I'd just like something to tell me if it's 
> cabling or problems with the DHCP server as a start.
> -- 
> Dennis Fazio
> dfz at mac.com
>
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