I actually had "Enable network name resolution" disabled but I had "Enable concurrent DNS name resolution" checked; disabling this made the file load in about 2 seconds.
TY for the point in the right direction! John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Morriss Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:28 AM To: Community support list for Wireshark Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] slow loading cap file John Hinckley wrote: > I have a relatively small capture file (2.2mb) and it takes approximately 5 > minutes to load this capture file. Is this normal? I'm using the latest > version of wireshark for winxp and I have 1GB mem on a P4 system. Do you have name resolution (DNS resolution) turned on? Try turning it off: Edit->Preferences->Name Resolution and uncheck the "Enable network name resolution" box. _______________________________________________ Wireshark-users mailing list Wireshark-users@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users _______________________________________________ Wireshark-users mailing list Wireshark-users@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users
