Note that the ack sequence number is a small integer (1). The first time tcpdump sees a TCP `conversation", it prints the sequence number from the packet. On subsequent packets of the conversation, the difference between the current packet"s sequence number and this initial sequence number is printed. This means that sequence numbers after the first can be interpreted as relative byte positions in the conversation"s data stream (with the first data byte each direction being `1"). `-S" will override this feature, causing the original sequence numbers to be output.