Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Buffers size, ring buffer and multiple files

["Hans Nilsson" <hasse_gg@xxxxxxxx>]

Didn't someone on this list say that Wireshark isn't primarily a
capturing tool for capturing massive amounts of data, it's more on an
protocol analyzer? So maybe try saving the data with another tool and
the reviewing it in Wireshark.


On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:41:09 -0800, "Chet Seligman"
<cseligman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> When I want to capture  a very large amount of traffic, I usually set up
> for
> multiple files(10-20), buffer size of 64meg, new file every 64meg and
> ring
> buffer of up to 10 files.
> 
> Is this the best configuration?
> Does anyone have rules of thumb?
> 
> Occasionally WS crashes in extended captures, even with much smaller
> parameters.
> 
> Chet
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