reading/interprate raw packets

[banyaksoalan]

Hi,
I m new in tcp/ip. I would like to learn how to read raw packets. how do i do it? any recommended site/notes/document(simplified one, please)?

thanks.


when a connection is establish, what do i expect to see? what are the behaviour of the network (in terms of bits and bytes)?

 

[paskuda]

Which OS are you using ?

 

[banyaksoalan]

win2k....
does it matter for what type of OS?

thanks for the reply

 

[jabw]

I just started with ethereal. At first I didn't understand anything from it but with the increase of knowledge about this material I recognize more and more of it.

A very important item is the OSI model.
Lots of things happening can be traced back to this model.