Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Serial port

From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:55:35 +0100 (CET)

Hi,

As long as it's packet based Wireshark can be made to handle it.
But since the serial port is a 'stream' not all communications are
suitable to be captured.

Thanx,
Jaap


On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Miguel Angel Alvarez wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am a newbie in WireShark, so perhaps this question has been made
> before (although I have not found anything in the archives).
>
> I was wondering if there is a method to use WireShark to analyse traffic
> in an RS232 (serial) interface. That is... not SLIP or PPP traffic over
> it, but non-IP traffic.
>
> If not... would it be interesting to add this functionallity? I would be
> interested in working in that direction.
>
> Thanks
>
> Miguel ??ngel
>