From: Hamzah Khan on
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:30:23 +0000, Gary wrote:

> Hamzah Khan wrote:
>
>> I have also tried using Wireshark to sniff any packets, but it doesn't
>> seem to be sending anything out. :(
>
> Did you plug everything in to a hub or a switch? For best results with
> dumb hardware and Wireshark, tcpdump, etc. always use a hub. I keep a
> couple of four ports hubs lying around for just such rare occasions.
>
> -Gary

Well, I had it connected directly to the machine using a crossover cable,
this should be pretty much the same as using a hub should it not?

Hamzah
From: bod43 on
On 13 Feb, 17:30, Hamzah Khan <ham...(a)removethis.hamzahkhan.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:30:23 +0000, Gary wrote:
> > Hamzah Khan wrote:
>
> >> I have also tried using Wireshark to sniff any packets, but it doesn't
> >> seem to be sending anything out. :(
>
> > Did you plug everything in to a hub or a switch? For best results with
> > dumb hardware and Wireshark, tcpdump, etc. always use a hub. I keep a
> > couple of four ports hubs lying around for just such rare occasions.
>
> > -Gary
>
> Well, I had it connected directly to the machine using a crossover cable,
> this should be pretty much the same as using a hub should it not?

yes.