trying to load a pcapng file

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The file is 17G +- and loads to about 15-16G and then the wireshark application fails - no messages, it just closes. running 4.2.0 (V4.2.0-0-g54eedfc63953)

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answered Nov 30 '3

grahamb

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23850 ●4 ●987 ●227 https://www.wireshark.org

The capture is too big and needs to be split.

See also the Wiki page on Out of Memory and an @Jasper blog post

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Thanks Graham, I will try that.

crispin ( Nov 30 '3 )

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