How to Install And Use EtherApe On Ubuntu 16.04

To Install And Use EtherApe On Ubuntu 16.04

EtherApe is a free and open source packet sniffer/network traffic monitoring tool, developed for Unix/Linux, and it is called EtherApe as it is modeled after etherman. It displays network activity graphically. It supports Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, ISDN, PPP, SLIP and WLAN devices, plus several encapsulation formats. It can filter traffic to be shown, and can read packets from a file as well as live from the network. It is so simple to install and use EtherApe, and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.

Installing EtherApe

First, before you begin the process, make sure you update your system by running the following command.

root@localhost:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease 
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Reading package lists... Done

And after that you shall proceed with the installation of EtherApe.

root@localhost:~# apt-get install etherape
Reading package lists... Done
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Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47ubuntu1) ...
Reading package lists... Done

Once the installation is competed, you shall open the EtherApe application by simply running the following command.

root@localhost:~# etherape

Your EthernetApe applciation will now appear on your screen.

With EthernetApe, you can cutomize its configuration.

You can also check all the information about the Connection.

You can also choose a specific field to see detailed information about it.

With this, the installation of EtherApe On Ubuntu 16.04 comes to an end.