3. Using the information captured by the packet sniffer an administrator can identify wrong packets and use the data to specify delay and help maintain efficient network data transmission.
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5. By placing a packet sniffer on a network in promiscuous mode, we can capture and analyze all of the network traffic.
6. A packet sniffer can only capture packet information within a given subnet. the packet sniffer needs to be running on a computer that is inside the corporate network as well.
7. Detecting rogue packet sniffers on your network is not an easy task. Its very nature the packet sniffer is passive.