["M.C. van den Bovenkamp" <marco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guy Harris wrote:

> That is, of course, a completely different question from
> 
>         I would like to export the file to one that is readable by
>         Optimal; what value should I use for -F?
> 
> as that latter question depends at least as much on what this "Optimal"
> program (whatever it is) can read as on what Ethereal can write; the
> answer to the latter question may be "there is no such value", if the
> "Optimal" program can't read libpcap, snoop, DOS-based Sniffer, Network
> Monitor, or Windows-based Sniffer files.

A quick Google search turned up Optimal Network Monitor from Optimal
Networks, which got swallowed by Compuware last year. It got rolled into
their EcoSYSTEMS suite, looks like.

Looking at
http://www.compuware.com/products/ecosystems/appexpert/detail.htm,
either Snoop or DOS Sniffer ought to work for him.

		Regards,

			Marco.