We intend to setup a 10G/1G trace tool based on high end desktop components. The Wireshark and the Cace Pilot Software will be used. The system will be equipped with 1 TB SSD storage (PCI-e,2x 480GB) and should cover rates up to 3 Gbits/s. Questions: Are the following Intel Network Card supported by Wireshark and Cace Pilot? - 4 port - 1G Ethernet: Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I340-T4 - 1 Port - 10g Ethernet: Intel 10G Network Adapter Multimode (E10G81GF2R) Is there any recommendations for Network NICs (1G copper and 10G Multimode)? Our prefered OS will be a Windows7 Professional 64bit Version. Is this OS supported by Wireshark and Cace Pilot? Best Regards, Dr. E. Grawenhof asked 02 Sep '11, 03:24  Grawenhof |
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Wireshark and Pilot do not, in and of themselves, support any network adapters; on UN*X, Wireshark uses libpcap to capture traffic, and, on Windows, Wireshark uses WinPcap and I'm not sure Pilot itself captures traffic (as opposed to reading existing captures or telling Shark appliances to capture traffic). libpcap runs atop the particular capture mechanism on the UN*X you're using, and WinPcap's driver runs atop NDIS; those mechanisms are network-adapter-independent, so they support any adapter whose driver plugs into the OS's networking stack. So both of those Intel network adapters should work. Whether they'll offer sufficient performance is another matter. I don't have any recommendations to make in that regard. Wireshark 1.6.x has both 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows, both of which should work on 64-bit Windows; the 64-bit version should be able to handle larger capture files. The "Requirements" tab on the Cascade Pilot page says it supports, among other versions of Windows, 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. answered 02 Sep '11, 18:04  Guy Harris ♦♦ |
