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ggalaxy
Asked: 2014-01-22 07:16:19 +0800 CST

Interface for my router in Ubuntu

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I would like to know if there is a way in which I can create an interface in my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop for my router.

My Goal: I want to tcpdump the ip address of the router which is 192.168.1.1.


new-eth1-for router     HWaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX  
                        inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255


eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:68:36:aa:05  
          inet addr:192.168.1.101  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0


lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0



As you can see in the table above
My computer : 192.168.1.101
My router : 192.168.1.1
Localhost : 127.0.0.1 (I need it for MySQL and PHP)

I just want to know if there is a way to work this "monitoring" thing. If anybody has another suggestion or solution, please do not hesitate, I just want to hear a hint.

Thank you
My regards

networking

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    No, this can't be done. Your router is a completely separate device. You'd have to have the tcpdump program, or similar, actually running on the router.

    There are plenty of software router implementations, some of which may do this for you already.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_router_or_firewall_distributions

    Or, you may have a router that supports DD-WRT, which is Linux. You can install tcpdump on such installations.. here's an example.

    http://emtunc.org/blog/04/2011/installing-tcpdump-on-dd-wrt-wrt54gl/

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