Apple OS X SMB issues across VPN

[Christopher R. Hertel]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 09:42:33AM -0700, Dan Tappin wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I'm back...
> 
> I have my test RH 7 server up and running on the local LAN ready to  
> test across the VPN.  One issue though:
> 
> [root at localhost admin]# tcpdump -i eth0 -s0 -w capture.cap host  
> 192.168.0.150 and 192.168.2.46
> tcpdump: invalid snaplen 0
> 
> -s1 seems to work but not sure if this effects the data.

The snap length (set via -s) determines how many bytes worth of each 
packet is actually captured.  A snaplen setting of zero is *supposed* to 
mean "all of it".  That is, it's supposed to tell tcpdump that it should 
write each packet in its entirety to the capture file.

I've used some older versions of tcpdump that don't accept a zero value 
for that parameter, so I figure that's the problem you've got.  The 
work-around is to use a value like 2000, which is larger than the maximum 
size of an Ethernet frame (assuming you're not using jumbo frames).

Lemme know if that works.  :)

Chris -)-----

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