Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Opening Acterna WAN capture files in wireshark

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Guy Harris wrote:
> Persio Pucci wrote:
>
>   
> > is there a way to open in Wireshark files captured by an Acterna packet 
> > analyzer in a Frame Relay interface?
> >     
>
> The list of file formats supported by Wireshark can be found at
>
> 	http://wiki.wireshark.org/FileFormatReference
>
> It doesn't explicitly list Acterna's format; unless it uses one of the 
> formats listed there, Wireshark can't read it.
>   
...
> If Acterna has documented the format, and you have that documentation, 
> we could use that to write the code to read those files.  We would need 
> some capture files to test it
I googled around if I can find some docs about that format but couldn't 
find anything.

BTW: Acterna was bought by JDSU and was formerly Wavetek Wandel 
Goltermann / TTC, according to 
http://www.wildpackets.com/products/free_utilities/proconvert/file_types

Regards, ULFL