Archive for the 'Tips' Category


Long Term Captures with Dumpcap

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Performing longterm captures with Dumpcap made easy


Network Analysis - FAQ

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Below are a number of questions that I am asked on a regular basis. Hopefully you will find this information useful in troubleshooting network and application problems.


Fluke DSP-4300 Cable Test Example

Monday, January 7th, 2008

I spent some time working with Fluke Networks’ DSP-4300 on a infrastructure analysis project. During this project I used the LinkWare software to download the test results from the DSP-4300 and compile the finished reports. The LinkWare product provided an easy means of displaying the test results and delivering a polished report to […]


TCP and UDP Port Numbers

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Ports are used in the TCP [RFC793] to name the ends of logical connections which carry long term conversations.  For the purpose of providing services to unknown callers, a service contact port is defined.  This list specifies the port used by the server process as
its contact port.  The contact port is sometimes called the “well-known […]