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408 lines
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DOCUMENT SECTION
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Wireshark Info
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<!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "1.5.2">
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<article>
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<title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
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<section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
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<para>
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Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
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is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="WhatsNew"><title>What's New</title>
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<section id="BugFixes"><title>Bug Fixes</title>
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<para>
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The following bugs have been fixed:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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Wireshark is unresponsive when capturing from named pipes on Windows.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1759">Bug
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1759</ulink>)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Ring buffers are no longer turned on by default when using multiple
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capture files.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="NewFeatures"><title>New and Updated Features</title>
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<para>
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The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
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since version 1.4:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Wireshark can import text dumps, similar to text2pcap.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You can now view Wireshark's dissector tables (for example the
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TCP port to dissector mappings) from the main window.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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TShark can show a specific occurrence of a field when using '-T fields'.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Custom columns can show a specific occurrence of a field.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You can hide columns in the packet list.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Wireshark can now export SMB objects.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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dftest and randpkt now have manual pages.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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TShark can now display iSCSI service response times.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Dumpcap can now save files with a user-specified group id.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Syntax checking is done for capture filters.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You can display the compiled BPF code for capture filters in the
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Capture Options dialog.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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You can now navigate backwards and forwards through TCP and UDP
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sessions using
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<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>,</keycap></keycombo>
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and
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<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>.</keycap></keycombo>
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.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Packet length is (finally) a default column.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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TCP window size is now avaiable both scaled and unscaled. A TCP
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window scaling graph is available in the GUI.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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802.1q VLAN tags are now shown by the Ethernet II dissector.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Various dissectors now display some UTF-16 strings as proper Unicode
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including the DCE/RPC and SMB dissectors.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The RTP player now has an option to show the time of day in the
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graph in addition to the seconds since beginning of capture.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The RTP player now shows why media interruptions occur.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Graphs now save as PNG images by default.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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TShark can read and write host name information from and to
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pcapng-formatted files. Wireshark can read it. TShark can dump host
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name information via <cmdsynopsis><arg>-z hosts</arg></cmdsynopsis>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The tshark -z option now uses the <cmdsynopsis><arg>-z
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<proto>,srt</arg></cmdsynopsis> syntax instead of
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<cmdsynopsis><arg>-z <proto>,rtt</arg></cmdsynopsis>
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for all protocols that support service response time
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statistics. This syntax now matches Wireshark's syntax
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for this option.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
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<para>
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ADwin,
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ADwin-Config,
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Apache Etch,
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Aruba PAPI,
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Babel Routing Protocol,
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Constrained Application Protocol (COAP),
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Digium TDMoE,
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Erlang Distribution Protocol,
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Ether-S-I/O,
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FastCGI,
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Fibre Channel over InfiniBand (FCoIB),
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Gopher,
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Gigamon GMHDR,
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IDMP,
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Infiniband Socket Direct Protocol (SDP),
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JSON,
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LISP Data,
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MikroTik MAC-Telnet,
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Mongo Wire Protocol,
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Network Monitor 802.11 radio header,
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OPC UA ExtensionObjects,
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PPI-GEOLOCATION-GPS,
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ReLOAD,
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ReLOAD Framing,
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RSIP,
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SAMETIME,
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SCoP,
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SGSAP,
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Tektronix Teklink,
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WAI authentication,
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Wi-Fi P2P (Wi-Fi Direct)
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="UpdatedProtocols"><title>Updated Protocol Support</title> <para>
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="NewCapture"><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
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<para>
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Apple PacketLogger,
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Catapult DCT2000,
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Daintree SNA,
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Endace ERF,
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HP OpenVMS TCPTrace,
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IPFIX (the file format, not the protocol),
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Lucent/Ascend debug,
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Microsoft Network Monitor,
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Network Instruments,
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TamoSoft CommView
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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
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<para>
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Wireshark source code and installation packages are available from
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<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html">http://www.wireshark.org/download.html</ulink>.
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</para>
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<section id="VendorPackages"><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
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<para>
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Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
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You can usually install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
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system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages
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can be found on the
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<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#thirdparty">download page</ulink>
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on the Wireshark web site.
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</para>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
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<para>
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</para>
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</section>
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-->
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<section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
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<para>
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Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
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preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
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These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
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About→Folders to find the default locations on your system.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="KnownProblems"><title>Known Problems</title>
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<para>
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Wireshark might make your system disassociate from a wireless network
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on OS X 10.4.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1315">Bug
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1315</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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Dumpcap might not quit if Wireshark or TShark crashes.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1419">Bug
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1419</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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The BER dissector might infinitely loop.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516">Bug
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1516</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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Capture filters aren't applied when capturing from named pipes.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1814">Bug
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1814</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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Filtering tshark captures with display filters (-R) no longer works.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2234">Bug
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2234</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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The 64-bit Windows installer does not ship with libsmi.
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(<ulink url="http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64">Win64
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development page</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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Application crash when changing real-time option.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4035">Bug
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4035</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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Hex pane display issue after startup.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4056">Bug
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4056</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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Crash when sorting column while capturing.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4273">Bug
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4273</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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Packet list rows are oversized.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357">Bug
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4357</ulink>)
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</para>
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Summary pane selected frame highlighting not maintained.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4445">Bug
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4445</ulink>)
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</para>
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<para>
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Character echo pauses in Capture Filter field in Capture Options.
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(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5356">Bug
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5356</ulink>)
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
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<para>
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Community support is available on
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<ulink url="http://ask.wireshark.org/">Wireshark's Q&A site</ulink>
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and on the wireshark-users mailing list.
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Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
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lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
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web site</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Training is available from
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<ulink url="http://www.wiresharktraining.com/">Wireshark University</ulink>.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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<para>
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A complete FAQ is available on the
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<ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
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</para>
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</section>
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</article>
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