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To perform a TCPdump on the STARFACE, the following steps must be performed:
- Establish connection to the appliance via ssh
- Login with the root user (see also "Password for the root user")
- Enter the TCPdump command and confirm with the Enter key
- Wait for the error to be recorded
- Stop the TCPdump
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Note: In many fault scenarios (e.g., audio problems), the "nohup tcpdump -w dump.pcap -s0 -vv -C50M -Zroot &" command (without the quotation marks) can be used to record the stream of data needed for analysis and to write it to a file. |
The following parameters allow further specification of the TCPdump command:
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The output of the TCPdump on the monitor or a TCPdump process not moved to the background can be ended with the key combination "CTRL + C". A TCPdump running in the background can be stopped with the following command:
killall tcpdump
To analyze the created dump files it is recommended to copy them to a local computer via sFTP and open them there with the program "Wireshark".
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Note: A server or service restart of the the STARFACE also terminates all TCPdump processes that have been moved to the background. |
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