TCPDump Filter on port 80 tcpdump port 80 Filter on source port 80 tcpdump src port 80 Destination port 80 tcpdump dest port 80 All traffic for 192.168.1.1 tcpdump host 192.168.1.1 Save output tcpdump tcp -w output.pcap Resource:  https://medium.com/swlh/introduction-to-tcpdump-635653f56177 Filter on service In this case, we are filtering icmp traffic on the eth0 interface where the ICMP type field value is icmp-echo. We finish it with a full protocol decode (-vv) aka verbose output. tcpdump -i eth0 icmp and icmp[icmptype]=icmp-echo -vv Resources:  http://alumni.cs.ucr.edu/~marios/ethereal-tcpdump.pdf   http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/icmp/msg8.htm Listen for traffic over port 389 tcpdump -i eth0 -nn port 389 Resource:  https://hackertarget.com/tcpdump-examples/