Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark V1.2.0 & GeoIP

[j.snelders@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Sake,

It will create 2 files, ipmap.html and ipmap.txt, in the folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Temp

Groeten;-)
Joke

On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:04:07 +0200 Sake Blok wrote:

>Keith,
>
>I haven't used GeoIP myself, but I know from the changes that it will create
>
>a temporary file to load into your browser. I haven't checked where it will
>
>create the file on Winwods, but it does it in /tmp on linux. Maybe the 
>permissions of the directory that WS uses are restricted (or maybe WS tries
>
>to a directory that does not exist on your system).
>
>Hope this helps,
>Cheers,
>      Sake
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <j.snelders@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Community support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:49 AM
>Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark V1.2.0 & GeoIP
>
>
>> Hi Keith,
>>
>> I'm sorry, I don't have got any other ideas.
>> Anybody else?
>>
>> BTW
>> Got it working on another pc with Windows 7/Firefox as well.
>>
>> Regards
>> Joan
>>
>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:21:09 +0100 Keith French wrote:
>>>I have got it working on another PC, but I still can't get it to work
on
>>>my
>>>main PC. Like you I am running Firefox 3.0.11 as my default browser and
>>
>>>JavaScript is enabled. When I click the Map button, it doesn't even make
>>>any
>>>attempt to load the browser.
>>>
>>>I have also tried it with IE8 & JavaScript enabled, but that is no better
>>>
>>>either.
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: <j.snelders@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: "Community support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 3:41 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark V1.2.0 & GeoIP
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Keith,
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps this is the problem:
>>>> the browser must have javascript enabled.
>>>>
>>>> I don't have any problems using GeoIp.
>>>> I use Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 as default browser.
>>>>
>>>> Wireshark Version 1.2.0 (SVN Rev 28753)
>>>>
>>>> Copyright 1998-2009 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and 
>>>> contributors.
>>>> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There
is
>>>NO
>>>> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
>>>> PURPOSE.
>>>>
>>>> Compiled with GTK+ 2.16.2, with GLib 2.20.3, with WinPcap (version
>>>> unknown),
>>>> with libz 1.2.3, without POSIX capabilities, with libpcre 7.0, with
SMI
>>>
>>>> 0.4.8,
>>>> with c-ares 1.6.0, with Lua 5.1, with GnuTLS 2.8.1, with Gcrypt 1.4.4,
>>>
>>>> with
>>>> MIT
>>>> Kerberos, with GeoIP, with PortAudio V19-devel (built Jun 15 2009),
with
>>>> AirPcap.
>>>>
>>>> Running on Windows XP Service Pack 3, build 2600, with WinPcap version
>>>4.1
>>>> beta5
>>>> (packet.dll version 4.1.0.1452), based on libpcap version 1.0.0, GnuTLS
>>>
>>>> 2.8.1,
>>>> Gcrypt 1.4.4, without AirPcap.
>>>>
>>>> Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 build 30729
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> Joan
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:07:42 +0100 Keith French wrote:
>>>>>I am trying to get this new GeoIP feature working in Wireshark V1.2.0
>>
>>>>>running
>>>>>on Windows XP Pro. I have tried following the video by Laura Chappell
>> and
>>>>>the article on the Wiki, but can't get the map to display.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have downloaded the three GeoLite databases in compressed gz format
>> and
>>>>>extracted them all to the same folder under My Documents. Then in
>>>>>Wireshark
>>>>>Preferences under Name Resolution I have set the GeoIP Database
>>>>>Directories
>>>>>dialog to contain one entry pointing to this folder where the databases
>>>> are
>>>>>extracted to:-
>>>>>
>>>>>C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\My Documents\GeoIP
>>>>>
>>>>>I then clicked OK and restarted Wireshark.
>>>>>
>>>>>When I take a trace and then look in Endpoints, under the IP4 tab, I
>can
>>>>>see the Country, City, AS Number, Longitude & Latitude columns all
>>>>>populated.
>>>>>
>>>>>However, if I click the map button (with an internet connection) nothing
>>>>>happens.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>>Keith French.