Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] How much overhead does a Wireshark capture file contain ?

[Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Meier wrote:
> Henry Meleg wrote:
> > So I need to measure the traffic in bytes between two endpoints. If I
> > set up Wireshark on a laptop whose interface is enabled for promiscuous
> > mode and specify a capture filter between the source and destination IP
> > addresses that I am interested in and capture to a file then will that
> > file size be an accurate reflection of the traffic between the two
> > endpoint.
> >  
> > Does Wireshark add any overhead to the capture file that I need to take
> > into account by subtracting it from the captured file size to get a
> > accurate traffic figure which I require to set up bandwidth management
> > filters.
> >  
> > Can anybody help ?
> >  

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