----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Morriss" <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Community support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] What is the maximum data rate supported by
wireshark
Tapas Chatterjee wrote:
Hi,
My System configuration is given below:
* PC, Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00 GHz, Dual CPU Dual core,3 GB RAM
* Linux OS (RHEL 4.0)
* Ethernet NIC adapter (10/100 Mb/s)
And now my queries are:
1) Can wireshark support the data rate 70- 80 Mbps?
2) What is the maximum data rate supported by wireshark?
Wireshark will capture the traffic as fast as it can depending on your
hardware. I don't usually have to worry about data rates so I'm not
sure what your machine is capable of.
But, if you're worried about the data rate don't use Wireshark to do the
capturing: use 'dumpcap' instead. It simply captures the packets and
writes them to a file (or series of files) allowing you to do the (CPU-
and memory-intensive) analysis offline.
Also, measure the maximum data rate supported by your hard-drive. I usually
use iometer to measure how fast my harddrive is.
Hope it helps
GV
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