----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Morriss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Community support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-users@wireshark.org> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
