Unknownforce
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Is there a packet sniffer out there for windows? I don't feel like setting up a Linux Box for SEQ...
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Packet Sniffer? (1 Viewer)
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I dunno, u asked for a windows packet sniffer.
Have you never set up a linux box? It's far easier than windows, so if you need help setting it up, just ask away.
If you want a decent linux distro, sign up for red hat network and go to downloads, download rhel 5.
Have you never set up a linux box? It's far easier than windows, so if you need help setting it up, just ask away.
If you want a decent linux distro, sign up for red hat network and go to downloads, download rhel 5.
The packets will look the same whether you are using tcpdump under linux, or wireshark under windows.
Basically a packet is usually a bunch of data that is loaded into a struct, then the struct is written out to a wire with a send() function that takes a pointer to the struct, and the length of data to write. On the other side, the recv() function take a void * pointer to a memory location to write the data to, then normally you overlay that same struct on top of it (typecasting) to read back the data.
By using a packet sniffer you can sometimes find the offsets in these fields. For example, lets say you can tell that the first 4 bytes of a network packet changes when you jump, this could be a 4 byte integer value pertaining to your Z axis. In reality it can get pretty hairy decoding raw packets, but it is really the only insight into EQ servers that we have =)
You can learn a lot about network programming by googling c++ sockets, write a simple hello world client / server application and you will be well on your way.
kukmuk
Basically a packet is usually a bunch of data that is loaded into a struct, then the struct is written out to a wire with a send() function that takes a pointer to the struct, and the length of data to write. On the other side, the recv() function take a void * pointer to a memory location to write the data to, then normally you overlay that same struct on top of it (typecasting) to read back the data.
By using a packet sniffer you can sometimes find the offsets in these fields. For example, lets say you can tell that the first 4 bytes of a network packet changes when you jump, this could be a 4 byte integer value pertaining to your Z axis. In reality it can get pretty hairy decoding raw packets, but it is really the only insight into EQ servers that we have =)
You can learn a lot about network programming by googling c++ sockets, write a simple hello world client / server application and you will be well on your way.
kukmuk