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*Start Wireshark to capture the Ethernet packets with the connected laptop.
*Start Wireshark to capture the Ethernet packets with the connected laptop.
*Do one of the following command to capture packets according to your setup.
*Do one of the following command to capture packets according to your setup.
*Access to the [[TMG7800-CTRL]] unit using SSH.
*Access to the [[TMG7800|TMG7800-CTRL]] unit using SSH.
*Access the telecom unit ([[TMG7800-TE]], [[TMG7800-DS3]] or [[TMG7800-STM1]]) using telnet.
*Access the telecom unit ([[TMG7800|TMG7800-TE]], [[TMG7800|TMG7800-DS3]] or [[TMG7800|TMG7800-STM1]]) using telnet.
  telnet [eth0 IP address of the telecom unit]
  telnet [eth0 IP address of the telecom unit]
*Start Wireshark to capture the Ethernet packets with the connected laptop.
*Start Wireshark to capture the Ethernet packets with the connected laptop.

Revision as of 02:17, 6 April 2011

The Tmedia product can configure one of its VoIP Ethernet ports to do Port Mirroring. This is useful when investigating RTP, Codecs or IP Tones issues.

Warning: When configuring a port as a mirror, it is important to connect that Ethernet port directly to a host. Otherwise, it will create problem with to the Ethernet switch


Physical Setup

To do a VoIP capture it is required to:

  • Connect one of the VoIP Ethernet port to a laptop with Wireshark installed and 1Gbs Network card.


TMG800

Once the physical setup is ready. It is possible to start capturing the RTP.

  • Access to the Tmedia unit using SSH.
  • Access the telecom baseboard of the Tmedia using telnet.
telnet 172.31.1.1
  • Start Wireshark to capture the Ethernet packets with the connected laptop.
  • Do one of the following command to capture packets according to your setup.

Capture VoIP0 with VoIP1

  • For capturing all Ethernet packets that goes through VoIP0 with VoIP1
mv88eMonitor 0x1 0x1 1
  • To stop the capture
mv88eMonitor 0 0 1

Capture VoIP1 with VoIP0

  • For capturing all Ethernet packets that goes through VoIP1 with VoIP0
mv88eMonitor 0x2 0x2 0
  • To stop the capture
mv88eMonitor 0 0 0


TMG3200

Once the physical setup is ready. It is possible to start capturing the RTP.

  • Start Wireshark to capture the Ethernet packets with the connected laptop.
  • Do one of the following command to capture packets according to your setup.
  • Access to the Tmedia unit using SSH.
  • Access the telecom baseboard of the Tmedia using telnet.
telnet 172.31.1.1
  • Start Wireshark to capture the Ethernet packets with the connected laptop.
  • Do one of the following command to capture packets according to your setup.

Capture VoIP0 with VoIP1

  • For capturing all Ethernet packets that goes through VoIP0 with VoIP1
mv88eMonitor 0x4 0x4 3
  • To stop the capture
mv88eMonitor 0 0 3

Capture VoIP1 with VoIP0

  • For capturing all Ethernet packets that goes through VoIP1 with VoIP0
mv88eMonitor 0x8 0x8 2
  • To stop the capture
mv88eMonitor 0 0 2


TMG7800

Once the physical setup is ready. It is possible to start capturing the RTP.

  • Start Wireshark to capture the Ethernet packets with the connected laptop.
  • Do one of the following command to capture packets according to your setup.
  • Access to the TMG7800-CTRL unit using SSH.
  • Access the telecom unit (TMG7800-TE, TMG7800-DS3 or TMG7800-STM1) using telnet.
telnet [eth0 IP address of the telecom unit]
  • Start Wireshark to capture the Ethernet packets with the connected laptop.
  • Do one of the following command to capture packets according to your setup.

Capture VoIP0 with VoIP1

  • For capturing all Ethernet packets that goes through VoIP0 with VoIP1
mv88eMonitor 0x4 0x4 3
  • To stop the capture
mv88eMonitor 0 0 3

Capture VoIP1 with VoIP0

  • For capturing all Ethernet packets that goes through VoIP1 with VoIP0
mv88eMonitor 0x8 0x8 2
  • To stop the capture
mv88eMonitor 0 0 2