Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] How to capture data through a TCP connection

[Enrico Bendinelli <enricob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to add to Ethereal the capability to decode in real-time 
the packets that are collected by the LSU, which is a different host 
connected via LAN and TCP/IP.

So Ethereal would capture the packets through a TCP connection in place 
of interfacing to the local device.

The LSU captures data from multiple devices (HDLC or ATM) and it will 
forward the packets to Ethereal through the TCP link over the LAN. An 
header in front of each packet identifies the source device in the LSU 
and the timestamp. I am supposing to use map these information to the 
internal conventions of Ethereal.

What is the best approach for adding this feature ?
What files do you suggest to modify ?

Thanks in advance,
Enrico

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