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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Default save location, memory limitation, preserve vlan ta

From: "junk mail" <mooigezang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:39:29 -0600
It doesn't work.  The dumpcap creates a capture file but the file is empty and doesn't capture anything.

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:49 AM, junk mail <mooigezang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have 3 questions

1)      How do I change the default save directory from c:\docu~\a\temp ?  My c drive is very low on space and I need to change this save location to my d drive where I have more space.

2)      How can I get wireshark to not stop capturing after RAM runs out ?  Thing is the captures I am running are generating about 1gb of capture file size for every 2 minutes of capture and then after about 2 minutes it tells me wireshark is out of memory and is about to close but the capture is automatically saved at that location.  Ideally I would like to be able to capture for about 20 minutes at a time

3)    How can I preserve vlan tags when capturing ?  I already downloaded the intel driver, as well as edited my registry as per intel's intructions but it still strips the vlan tags.

I am running wireshark 1.0.4 latest release downloaded this week on a compaq 8510p laptop with 2gb ram.


Thanks people

Santino