Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] how to handle big files in wireshark

[Hansang Bae <for_list_hbae@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/9/2010 3:46 PM, Maverick wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have huge pcap files in Gbs which I want to analyze using wireshark 
> but wireshark is extremely slow and crashes while opening those files. 
> I tried breaking those files into smaller files but thats not very 
> good solution as I have to open up each file and sometime relationship 
> between files gets lost.
>
> Is there a decent way to handle huge files in wireshark .


Mak,
If you're dealing with multi gigabit size files, you should really check 
out Cace's Pilot.  It works in conjunction with Wireshark and it will 
quickly help you zoom in to a potential problem area.  It will open 
gigabyte files in 10-20 seconds...

hsb