Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] packet capture from switches and other RMON devices

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From: guy@xxxxxxxxxx (Guy Harris)
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:56:13 -0700 (PDT)
> Naturally since capturing packets is CPU-intensive and requires having
> enough memory to store them,

Yeah, that was one concern I had - I don't know how long a capture a
switch, say, could store.  Presumably that's one reason why you want to
set a filter on the RMON device....