System Administration Guide: IP Services

ProcedureHow to Check Packets on the IP Layer

  1. On the local node, assume the Network Management role or become superuser.

    Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

  2. If necessary, print the information about the interfaces that are attached to the system.


    # ifconfig -a
    
  3. Capture IP traffic on a specific interface.


    # snoop -I interface [-V | -v]