Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] WildPacket capture to libpcap?

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From: "Joshua Wright" <Joshua.Wright@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:46:24 -0400
> > > I have a packet capture I created with the WildPackets AiroPeek NX tool.
> > > Is there a way to convert this file to libpcap format?  I tried to save
> > > it as a different file format, but was unsuccessful.
 
> >  You should be able to load the capture file and then save it in any
> > format that ethereal can write to - and libpcap is definitely one of 
> >those formats.

> That works only if the particular link-layer format of the input file
(Wiretap encapsulation type) is supported by the output file.

> It might be possible to use the new "802.11 with Prism stuff" format for
that in libpcap; it would probably also be possible to have libpcap just
ignore the radio stuff (although that does mean that if you save the
file in that format in Ethereal, it'll then read the file back, which
means it'll no longer be displaying the radio information).

Would it be possible to run the file though a "tethereal -v > foo", then use text2pcap to read the file back into a libpcap file?  I'm not concerned about losing the extra signal information in the conversion.

Thanks.

-Josh