Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Idea for ethereal

["Ronnie Sahlberg" <ronnie_sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1, Goto winpcap website.

2, download the rpcap.exe daemon

3, do remote captures.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Lafontaine" 
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 2:11 PM
Subject: [Ethereal-dev] Idea for ethereal


> Hi folks
> 
> It would be a real handy addition to add client/server capture 
> functionality to ethereal.
> 
> Write a small footprint capture daemon/service that can be started by a 
> remote ethereal client.  It captures packets until told to stop.  At 
> that point, the client (ethereal) downloads the captured data and 
> presents it for the user to peruse.  This daemon/service will remain 
> dormant until called into service,  it needs to use as little resources 
> as possible when not in use.  One little form can list all the available 
> daemon/services and the user can click one or more. If more than one are 
> chosen,  ethereal can be made to match up the packets so you can see 
> both sides of the conversations from each side of the wire. This will 
> give you latency/delay/drops if you match them up properly.
> 
> Just an idle thought,  what do you think?
> 
> Don Lafontaine
> 
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