[geeks] ipfw n00b question

[velociraptor]

On 6/23/05, Patrick Giagnocavo 717-201-3366 <patrick at zill.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 13:46, velociraptor wrote:
> >
> > So, my question: How can I use ipfw commands to
> > see if packets are being passed, or is this even
> > possible?  Tcpdump is also an option, but I'm not that
> > familiar with it, either, so suggestions appreciated
> > there as well.
> >
>
> Pretty sure that tcpdump will be a better option for you.  Besides it is
portable so you can reuse your knowledge :-)
>
> tcpdump -c 20 -i <interface> -l | less
>
> I think...  see http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump_man.html

Oh, yeah, reading that and figuring out which interface
the load balancer is using now.

I think I need more network hands-on...seems like more
of my frustrating problems are network stuff nowadays than
sys admin stuff.

Thanks--
=Nadine=