Help with sniffer

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    HI this is the code I wrote for sniffer program that also parses the ethernet header.
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <pcap.h> 
    #include <errno.h>
    #include <sys/socket.h>
    #include <netinet/in.h>
    #include <arpa/inet.h>
    #include <netinet/if_ether.h>
    
    
    void parse_ether(const struct pcap_pkthdr* pkthdr,const u_char*
            packet)
    
            {
                int i;             
                int len=(*pkthdr).len;
                struct ethhdr *ethernet_header;
                unsigned char *p;
            
    
            if(len>sizeof(struct ethhdr))
            {            
        
    
    
        ethernet_header=(struct ethhdr *)(packet);
    
    p=ethernet_header->h_dest;
    printf("Destination MAC : ");
    for(i=0;i<6;i++)
    {
    printf("%.2x ", *p);
    p++;
    }
    p=ethernet_header->h_source;
    printf("\n");
    printf("Source MAC :       ");
    for(i=0;i<6;i++)
    {
    printf("%.2x ", *p);
    p++;
    }
    p=(void *)&ethernet_header->h_proto;
    printf("\n");
    printf("Protocol");
    for(i=0;i<2;i++)
    {
    printf("%.2x ", *p);
    p++;
    }
    }            
    }
    
        void my_callback(u_char *useless,const struct pcap_pkthdr* pkthdr,const u_char *packet)
            {
                    int i;               
                    u_char *ptr;     
                    ptr=packet;
                    i=(*pkthdr).len;
            
                    
    
                    printf("\nThe length of the Packet is %d",i);
    
                    
                        
        
    
            // Yay Display my packet in hex
    
        while(i--)
        {
            printf("%.2x ", *ptr);
            ptr++;
        }
    
        
        
        parse_ether(pkthdr,packet);
    printf("NEXT PACKET \n\n\n");
    printf("-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
    
    
    
                }
    
    
    
            int main()
                
                    {
    
    
    int cnt;     //to hold number of packets you                                     want to capture
    
                            const u_char *packet;
                            struct pcap_pkthdr hdr;
                            u_char *ptr;
    char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE]; //to hold the error
    
                            pcap_t *descr;
    
                char *dev; //to hold the name of the device
    
        printf("Enter the number of packets you wish to capture :\n");
                            
                            scanf("%d",&cnt);  
    dev=pcap_lookupdev(errbuf);  //get the name of the device
    
                if(dev==NULL)    //    Didnt get any device
                                    
                                {
                                
                        printf("device error%s",errbuf);
                                    exit(1);
                                        }
        
                        
                    
                //open the device for listening
                    
    
                    descr=pcap_open_live(dev,BUFSIZ,1,-1,errbuf);
    
                if(descr==NULL)    //check for an error
         
                    {
                        printf("pcap_open_live %s",errbuf);
                        exit(1);
                            }
        
        //capture packets until cnt number of packets captured        
    
    pcap_loop(descr,cnt,my_callback,NULL); //loop calls function my_callback
    
                            
    printf("Exit Now");    
            
                            return 0;
    
    
    
                                }
    
    The problem is that I only seem to capture packets with destination MAC:ff ff ff ff ff ff .Which is broadcast or with destination MAC: of my machine or any other MAC for packets orignating from my machine.What could be wrong.Is it that I'm sittin behind a firewall or some other network theory but before all that Is there something wrong with the code.Also I have put the device in promisc mode.I dont know if its some problem on my LAN so if some one can see it on their box.I'm running it on linux (fedora)Thanks:D
     
    Last edited: Mar 11, 2010

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