packETH - ethernet packet generator

packETH is a Linux GUI packet generator tool for ethernet. It allows you to create and send any possible packet or sequence of packets on the ethernet. For version 1.6 also Windows port was done (thanks to Soni!!! more info on http://eth.cyberine.com/ ) and there are building instructions for MAC OS (on the download page), thanks to Adam Soom!

!!!!NEWS!!!! (28.9.2011): support for MAC OS (thanks to Adam Soom)

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Features:

• you can create and send any ethernet packet. Supported protocols:
• ethernet II, ethernet 802.3, 802.1q, QinQ
  
• ARP, IPv4, IPv6, user defined network layer payload
• UDP, TCP, ICMP, IGMP, user defined transport layer payload
• RTP (payload with options to send sin wave of any frequency for G.711)
• sending sequence of packets
• delay between packets, number of packets to send
• sending with max speed, approaching the teoretical boundary
• change parameters while sending (change IP & mac address, UDP payload, 2 user defined bytes, etc.)
• saving configuration to a file and load from it - pcap format supported

News:

• 1.7 released - HELP: if someone can join the CLI program into existing Makefile, please help!
  
• due to crashing in last distros gdk_thread_init() changed, please report in case of problems
  

Gen-s page: different send options: bursts, random,..

CLI version added: packETHcli (see the cli subdir)

IPv6 support for address database, short and long format supported, ToS for IPv6 works now

some bugs removed

• 1.6.5 released - the standard Linux build procedure (./configure; make; make install) works now... finally (Thanks to Martin d'Anjou for contribution).
  

• 1.6.4-dev released - IPv6 protocol added on L3. Some basic features supported. ICMPv6, address database, short format, extension headers not supported yet.
  

IPv6 window example:

• 1.6.3 released - Bandwidth settings for each streams can now be set in Mbit/s. More userfriendly.
  

Gen-s page: select Mbit/s and press calculate. It works reliable up to ? Mbit/s, depending on our HW.

Improvement on sending algorith desired...

• 1.6.2 released - QinQ saving and loading works now, some bugs removed.
  
• 1.6 for Windows added
  

• 1.6 released - Gen-s page (sending sequences) added back, now with pcap format support. Multiple byte manipulation added.
  

• 1.5 released - PCAP format supported for saving and loading packets, Gen-s page (sending sequences) removed. No one used this? (Let me know, if I'm wrong!)
  

• 1.4 released - support for GTK2 (see project page)
  

• 1.3 released - QinQ support, IGMP protocol, some bugs resolved (see project page)
  

• 1.2 released - Added possibility to save and load the configuration, many old bugs resolved (and new added, sure), some other improvements
  

• 1.1 released - Changed window for sendind packets. Added many options to change parameters while sending

2003/14/08

• 1.0 released - Initial release

Screenshots:

Main window for building packets

Window for sending packet and changing parameters while sending

Dialog for address database

Dialog for creating RTP packet

License:

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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