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Is it possible to calculate the rate at which the packets are flowing in the network, for example I need to count the number of packets in 5 minutes or 10 minutes.. Which command to be used

asked 27 Jun '13, 07:54

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In Wireshark use Statistics | Summary, for tshark look at the -z options. Note that the GUI summary does not get updated in real-time it only shows the values that existed when the dialog was displayed. For tshark the capture must be completed to display the stats.

answered 27 Jun '13, 08:15

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