Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library - Runtime Error

Question

Team, I am running Wireshark 1.8.9 software on a Windows 2003 server, running Spirent client and monitoring the connectivity from the server to the Spirent Chassis.

I see "Runtime Error! Program This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way."

Any thoughts, what could have gone wrong ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I see "Runtime Error! Program This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way."

This is most certainly a problem with the available RAM.

http://wiki.wireshark.org/KnownBugs/OutOfMemory

This is what you can do:

- Get more physical RAM and a 64 Bit OS.
- reduce the amount of captured traffic by using capture filters
- use [dumpcap][1] with ring buffers to capture the traffic ([long term capture][2])

Regards
Kurt