Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Problem with Ethereal

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 11:04:51 -0700
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 05:41:45PM +0200, Pfeiffer Robert wrote:
> I just downloaded the newest Etehreal-Version and wanted to try it out
> but everytime I try to capture packets (via modem) the transmission
> seems to slow down dramatically; so most of the time, ca. 5 more packets
> reach me (and Ethernet captures them) and then I get time-outs.

Presumably there is some application from which you're getting those
timeouts; what application is it?

On what operating system is this happening?

Have you tried using tcpdump/WinDump to capture packets?  If so (run
tcpdump/WinDump with the command-line flags "-s 65535", and use the "-w"
flag to save the capture to a file), does the same problem occur?  If
so, it's a problem with whatever raw packet capture mechanism is in your
OS, not with Ethereal.