Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi > > I have to capture network traffic between an appliance and content server > using tcpdump command and then dump to a file and read and decode it using > wireshark > > How do i proceed > > I have used tcpdump -i eth0 -s 1500 -w dump src host 192.168.0.1 and dst > host www.example.com > > when i read the dump capture file using wireshark i could only see packets > being sent from src host to destination host, I could not see any packets > being sent from destination host to src host. You specified what you wanted too tightly... ONLY packets coming FROM ('src host') 192.168.0.1 and going TO ('dst host') www.example.com. Just using -i eth0 -s 1500 -w dump host www.example.com will get you what you want: see man tcpdump -Andy