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Size of a tcp packet on BSD

If i need to find out the size of a tcp packet on BSD.....what do we need to do?

Is there some utility which allows for this?

+2  A: 

do you mean the max possible size? if so, google for MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)

Brann  2008-12-23 10:51:45
no i am looking for the current size of a package sent via tcp. how can i get the size of this on the web server?
gagneet  2008-12-23 10:53:36
Then you may use a sniffer, as suggested in Vasil's answer. Good luck :)
Brann  2008-12-23 10:57:42
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Try ethereal.

Vasil  2008-12-23 10:52:52
Now Wireshark (http://www.wireshark.org/). But yes, it's an excellent interface for tcpdump and related utilities.
Matthew Flaschen  2008-12-25 10:47:11
+1  A: 

I think using tcpdump would be the easiest solution.

Can Berk Güder  2008-12-23 11:15:00

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