> There's probably something else going wrong. I, and a number of other
> people, have compiled Ethereal from source, using Microsoft Visual C++
> 6.0 (and some have also used 5.0, I think), with no problem. Without
> seeing the exact text of those errors, I cannot guess what the cause
> might be.
Confirmed. 5.0 works fine.
> You could modify the Ethereal dissectors for PPP, IP, TCP, and UDP to
> calculate those statistics. There's currently no mechanism in Ethereal
> to allow dissectors to register statistics so that other code in
> Ethereal (or Tethereal) can display them, however.
I would actually, suggest *not* using ethereal for this. Given the learning
curve for dissectors, etc, I'd suggest just writing something quick using
perl and the Net::Pcap module available from CPAN.
Just my $.02 worth . . .
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David Frascone
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