From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 14 20:45:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D4DE16A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:45:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8C6743D1D for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:45:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum1c-102.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.179.102]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 782BF69A71; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:44:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:44:05 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Charles Swiger Message-Id: <20040614164405.4b73a278.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20040614152304.1c6e2acf.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone else having trouble with Ethereal freezing up? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:45:12 -0000 Charles Swiger wrote: > On Jun 14, 2004, at 3:23 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > > Ethereal starts, but when I try to start a capture, it just freezes. > > > > Anyone else seeing this trouble? Anyone got any suggestions? > > Hmm, try using tcpdump? Also, I've seen packet sniffers freeze like > this if they try to perform DNS lookups and are waiting for answers > (due to DNS being slow, unavailable, etc).... Thanks, Chuck. I have been using tcpdump until I can figure this out, but I have to admit that Ethereal just makes it easier to analyze the capture. On the flip side, it turns out that Ethereal _is_ working, it's just unreasonably slow. Which starts a new question. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com