MikroTik RouterOS v2.9 - Packet Sniffer Configuration

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Packages required: system

License required: level1

Home menu level: /tool sniffer

Standards and Technologies: none

Hardware usage: Not significant

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Description

It allows you to "sniff" packets going through the router (and any other traffic that gets to the router,

when there is no switching in the network) and view them using specific software.

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

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