Hi Prashanth, AFAIK, Wireshark uses as much memory as it could allocate by your systems. The longer Wireshark runs the more memory is used.
There are several solutions: First, you could install more RAM to your PC and/or increase the size of virtual (swap) memory. A second option is to use more then one capture files in a ring buffer fashion limiting each file's size to a reasonable (for your system) length. This could be easily configured in Wiresharks capture start dialog. A third option would be to capture only some bytes of each packet, but that is often not a good idea, especially if you are interested in the packet data. cheers Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of prashanth joshi Sent: Freitag, 14. November 2008 12:02 To: wireshark-dev@wireshark.org Subject: [Wireshark-dev] regarding memory failure in wireshark Hi all, When i run the wireshark for some time to capture live traffic the wireshark runs out of memory. Is it possible to configure wireshark so as to allocate more memory for the buffers? Is there any tool that supports catpuring packets for more memory than the wireshark? Regards, Prashanth _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org https://wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
