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tcpdump Filters¶
This section is for informative value and nothing will be done in the lab environment.
When running tcpdump capture from the F5 you should always use a filter to limit the volume of traffic you will gather.
Host Filters
tcpdump host 192.168.2.5 This will filter the packet capture to only gather packets going to or coming from the host 192.168.2.5.
tcpdump src host 192.168.2.5 This will filter the packet capture to only gather packets coming from 192.168.2.5.
tcpdump dst host 192.168.2.5 This will filter the packet capture to only gather packets going to 192.168.2.5.
Port Filters
tcpdump port 443 This will filter the packet capture to only gather packets with a source or destination of port 443.
tcpdump src port 1055 This will capture traffic being sourced from port 1055.
tcpdump dst port 443 This will capture traffic destined for port 443.