Re: [ethereal-dev] Question

["Gilbert Ramirez Jr." <gram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As Guy Harris said:
> 
> Yes.  If you configure with "--with-wiretap", Ethereal uses the Wiretap
> library to read capture files; it currently has readers for:
> 
> 	"libpcap"
> 
> 	Network General^H^H^H^H^H^H^HAssociates Sniffers (Ethernet,
> 	Token Ring, and - at least from the one capture file I was sent
> 	- ATM, although we discard stuff other than LANE or RFC 1483
> 	frames) - not Sniffer Basic (formerly known as Cinco Networks'
> 	NetXRay), just Sniffer Classic (the DOS application running on
> 	their boxes) and, I think, Sniffer Pro (the Windows replacement
> 	for Sniffer Classic)

Unfortunately Sniffer Pro has a different capture file format, so wiretap
doesn't support it. Well, the format appears different at first glance; I
haven't looked at it in any detailed fashion to see how different the file
formats are.
 
--gilbert

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