Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Automate Testing

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:57:42 +0200
fonte fonte wrote:
Hi all,

I'm using a software that automate dial up and FTP download through series of commands. For a few download sessions (Dial Up - FTP Get - Hang Up), these commands are repeated in a loop. My questions are:

1) In order to capture from the beginning of a session, I have to start Ethereal before the execution of the commands. However, I can't select the appropriate interface because no dial up interface can be detected yet until the commands run. I notice an interface option - Generic Dial Up Adapter that I think I can use as my Interface Option for capture before I run the commands. Can I 'safely' use this and it will not in any way affect the capture data?
Yes, you can use it that way. If it would change the "user traffic" in any way that would be a bug.

2) Since I run many sessions continuously, how can I 'chop up' the Ethereal capture data according to these sessions?

You may do this manually or try to use the LUA scripting which is included in latest developer builds.

But I don't have a clue how this can be done.

Regards, ULFL