Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] V1.0.0pre1 & MIB Files

["Jaap Keuter" <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I think you're on the right track. You may be running into bug 2253, see
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2253

Thanx,
Jaap

> Jaap,
>
> Thanks for that. Just to check I am doing things correctly though, as I
> cannot get it to work. I have copied the MIBS into the
>
> program files\Wireshark\snmp\mibs
>
> folder and they are the same MIBs that I had working in an earlier
> versions.
> An example of one MIB name is:-
>
> IC-GENERAL-MIB
>
> Then in the bottom button for the MIBs to load I have entered the same
> name
> exactly.
>
> However, when I do this and restart Wireshark, it crashes as it starts to
> load. If I uninstall & reinstall Wireshark (or just delete the MIB from
> the
> above folder), when it next runs a dialog comes up to tell me it fails to
> load as it says it can't find my MIBs. Of course uninstalling Wireshark
> removes the MIB so it would say that.
>
> In the previous versions I had to copy the MIB into the MIBs folder with a
> ".txt" extension (IC-GENERAL-MIB.txt) and list it just as IC-GENERAL-MIB
> in
> the MIBs to load.
>
> I have tried this as well & Wireshark still crashes. I have attached
> screenshots of the crash. If you think this is a bug, I'll raise it on
> bugzilla.
>
> Keith French.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jaap Keuter" <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Community support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] V1.0.0pre1 & MIB Files
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yes, the old dependancy on Net-SNMP has been dropped. I.s.o. that libsmi
>> has
>> been introduced. You can configure it where it needs to look (the one
>> button)
>> and what it needs to look for (the other button). A 'standard'
>> collection
>> of
>> MIBs has been provide, the buttons give you the option to get more MIBs
>> in
>> from anywhere in your filesystem.
>>
>> Current description isn't up to date, the wiki needs some attention in
>> that
>> matter.
>>
>> Thanx,
>> Jaap
>>
>> Keith French wrote:
>>> It looks like in Wireshark V1.0.0pre1 the facility to add other MIBs
>>> has
>>> been reintroduced. I know someone was working on redoing the SNMP
>>> dissector - is this facility operational again?
>>>
>>> If so is there any documentation on how to do this with the two buttons
>>> in the Name Resolution section of the Preferences?
>>>
>>
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