Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] slow capture ?

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:22:59 -0500
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 08:01:08AM -0500, Thomas Parvais wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I find the capturing very very slow.... when Ethereal transfer packets to
> the GUI, it's very slow. Why ?
> 
> I use a performant PC  !
> 
> Thomas

What OS are you using?
When capturing, what settings do you use for:

	Update list of packets in real time
	Enable name resolution


Also, what type of interface are you sniffing? 10 Mbps Ethernet?
100 Mbps Ethernet? Is there a lot of traffic on that network?


--gilbert