On Dec 26, 2009, at 2:07 PM, George Roebe wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to get information similar to Statistics---Wlan
traffic statistics using Tshark instead of wireshark. I need this
for two reasons. The first is that when using the bssid given WLAN
window in wireshark, I get '"Cisco_??:??:??" is not a valid hostname
or Ethernet address.' error (? are acual values, obscured due to
this being a public list).
This can be changed in the preferences to show the full MAC address.
In the Wireshark GUI, you can uncheck "Enable MAC name resolution" in
the Preferences -> Name Resolution section. In the WLAN statistics
window, un-checking Name resolution should do the trick too (and then
you won't have to do it in the main preferences unless you want to).
The second is that I have little memory and opening the sniffer
traces is extermely intensive for my machine and the wireshark gui
performs slowly---I prefer a command line inteface. I'm thankful for
hints and help!
A separate section of code usually needs to be written to show
statistics on the command-line from tshark. They are contained in the
root of the source tree and called tap-[stat name].c. I don't see a
file for WLAN Statistics nor do I see it in the list when you look at
the tshark man page for the -z option. You can file an enhancement
request bug at https://bugs.wireshark.org to say that you would like
to see this feature and someone will implement it if they have the
time and initiative.
Steve
