Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Help on Solaris9 Shutdown Problem while Capturing Packets

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ARAMBULO, Norman R. wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Currently we have already installed the ethereal software for our 
> Solaris9 Sparc, but the problem is the blade server shuts down.
>  
> The scenaio is:
>  
> 1. We captured sample packets using tethereal with xx bytes.
> 2. then after analyzing the data, we tried capturing specific no. of 
> bytes i.e. 50 mb but the system is down.
>  
> Does anyone here experience the same scenario that Im experiencing right 
> now.

Shuts down as in powers off or shuts down as in panics and reboots?

Anyway, no, I've never had such an experience.

The only thing I can think of is that Ethereal/Wireshark may use quite a 
bit of memory if you capture large amounts of packets and this may cause 
the system to become unresponsive, but that doesn't sound like what 
you're describing.