Re: Dissect Sigtran capture files
Andreas Fink <[email protected]>
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On 23.05.2006, at 12:31, dirk Bruyland wrote: > Hello Users, > > I need to analyse M3UA and MTP3 protocol messages (specific > messages , between 2 specific network elements) in ethereal SIGTRAN > (IP/Ethernet) capture logfiles. > > The ethereal display filter will only select large ( containing > many disparate MTP3 messages) ethernet frames. > > When I filter on "MTP3 msg xyz between node NE1 and NE2" (as > specified by M3UA DPC), I get selected frames containing indeed the > desired xyz but also 95% other MTP3/M3UA/SCTP messages from all > over the place I am not really interested in. Sounds like your MTP3 link transports messages for other nodes? > -Has anybody encountered this SIGTRAN difficulty before? I trace a lot on MTP3 but I've never seen that (but my links are based on M2PA, not M3UA and rarely have more than one MTP3 packet inside the SCTP packet). > -Is it possible to dissect the capture file (get rid of the > ethernet frame structure) and produce a new cap file only > containing standalone elementary messages, so that the ethereal > display filter works and selects on these messages and not on the > large frames ? Then ethereal wouldn't display it anymore. Can you give me an example of such a capture file? > Thanks in advance > > Dirk > > > _______________________________________________ > Ethereal-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.ethereal.com/mailman/listinfo/ethereal-users Andreas Fink Fink Consulting GmbH --------------------------------------------------------------- Tel: +41-61-6666332 Fax: +41-61-6666331 Mobile: +41-79-2457333 Address: Clarastrasse 3, 4058 Basel, Switzerland E-Mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.finkconsulting.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ: 101946485 MSN: [email protected] AIM: smsrelay Skype: andreasfink Yahoo: finkconsulting SMS: +41792457333 PGP9: 0714 DF2B A189 A760 6201 5CBD D040 3E71 4DAF 68BB _______________________________________________ Ethereal-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.ethereal.com/mailman/listinfo/ethereal-users