Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:44:05 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone else having trouble with Ethereal freezing up? Message-ID: <20040614164405.4b73a278.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <F2556B37-BE3D-11D8-A396-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <20040614152304.1c6e2acf.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <F2556B37-BE3D-11D8-A396-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
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Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> 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
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