On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:28:34PM -0700, d a wrote:
> Twice now I ran wireshark (in non promiscuous mode) for approx 1 1/2
> hours. When I tick "stop" the data compiles until about 15% and then I
> get an error window that reads "Out of Memory" Wireshark must close "
> (or something like that). I lose the entire capture.
>
> Im running WinXP SP2 with 1 gig ofRAM. Is the problem due to low RAM
> or is it something else? How can I avoid this in the future? How does
> wireshark make use of memory while its running?
See http://wiki.wireshark.org/KnownBugs/OutOfMemory
Steve