tcpdump is a tool for Unix / linux based systems for capturing traffic at the packet level. It comes as a source package, as it is an open source package aimed at
- End users that wish to compile themselves
- Linux / Unix distribution providers that will package the app in a way suitable for installation (in which case an end user would simple install it using a package manager)
While there are Windows versions of tcpdump available, the underlying capture method works differently to *nix systems.
You would be better off choosing a tool built for Windows, such as Wireshark (gui based capture tool) or windump, which is a command line tool that syntactically operates in the same way as tcpdump. Both are based on the WinPcap library for packet capture.
What OS are you using? – Paul – 2014-10-14T23:17:08.970
Using Windows 8.1 – AlanZ2223 – 2014-10-14T23:22:54.363