Dont know if it is news or old stuff but in case someone is interested, Ethereal works reasonably well under CygWin.
To get it running there are some small steps : 1, Install XFree for Cygwin and make sure it runs properly (www.cygwin.com) 2, Follow the GNOME link on www.cygwin.com and download, compile and install both gtk 1.2.10 and glib 1.2.10 . Note on the page that there is a one line fix required for gtk to compile. 3, Download ethereal nightly snapshot and configure it with ./autogen.sh --without-pcap --without-plugins (is it --without-plugin or --without-plugins ? dont remember) 4, Run 'make ethereal.exe' Something is wrong with the makefile that gets generated so it doesnt work just running make. I am not curious enough to look at why 'make' doesnt work. 'make ethereal.exe' works well enough for me. 4, start X and ethereal, voila behold the mighty sniffer in all its glory.
