my $ip_obj = NetPacket::IP::strip($Raw_IP_Packet); my $udp_obj = NetPacket::UDP->decode($ip_obj); if ($udp_obj->{len}) { my $payload = $udp_obj->{data}; my $transid1 = unpack('n', substr($payload,0,2)); print "The transID is $transid1 \n"; } #### use Net::DNS::Packet; use Data::Dumper; use NetPacket::UDP; use NetPacket::IP; my $ip_obj = NetPacket::IP::strip($Raw_IP_Packet); my $udp_obj = NetPacket::UDP->decode($ip_obj); if ($udp_obj->{len}) { my $payload2 = $udp_obj->{data}; my $test = Net::DNS::Packet->new(\$payload2); if ($test) { my @answer = $test->answer; print Dumper(@answer); } else { print "no Net::DNS::Packet \n";} } }