-->
<!--
-Ethereal Info
+Wireshark Info
-->
- <!ENTITY EtherealCurrentVersion "0.99.0">
+ <!ENTITY WiresharkCurrentVersion "1.1.0pre1">
]>
<article>
- <title>Ethereal &EtherealCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
+ <title>Wireshark &WiresharkCurrentVersion; Release Notes</title>
- <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Ethereal?</title>
+ <section id="WhatIs"><title>What is Wireshark?</title>
<para>
Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It
is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
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<listitem><para>
- XXXX feature could crash Ethereal.
+ XXXX feature could crash Wireshark.
<!-- Fixed in r##### -->
<!-- Bug IDs: None -->
<!-- Coverity CID ### -->
</section>
- <section id="GettingEthereal"><title>Getting Ethereal</title>
+ <section id="GettingWireshark"><title>Getting Wireshark</title>
<section><title>Microsoft Windows</title>
<para>
- Download wireshark-setup-&EtherealCurrentVersion;.exe from the
- <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/distribution/win32/">Windows
+ Download wireshark-setup-&WiresharkCurrentVersion;.exe from the
+ <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download/win32/">Windows
download area</ulink> on the main web site. Double-click the
installer executable.
</para>
<section><title>Sun Solaris</title>
<para>
Download the appropriate package from the
- <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/distribution/solaris/">Solaris
+ <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download/solaris/">Solaris
download area</ulink> on the main web site. Uncompress the package
using bzip2, and install it using pkgadd.
</para>
<section><title>Source Code</title>
<para>
- Download wireshark-&EtherealCurrentVersion;.tar.gz from the
- <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/distribution/">main
+ Download wireshark-&WiresharkCurrentVersion;.tar.gz from the
+ <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download/">main
download area</ulink> on the web site. Extract the package
using tar and gzip. Run "configure ; make ; make install".
</para>
<section><title>Vendor-supplied Packages</title>
<para>
- Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Ethereal packages.
- You can install or upgrade Ethereal using the package management
+ Most Linux and Unix vendors supply their own Wireshark packages.
+ You can install or upgrade Wireshark using the package management
system specific to that platform. A list of third-party packages
can be found on the <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/download.html#otherplat">download page</ulink> on the Wireshark web site.
</para>
</section>
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- <section id="RemovingEthereal"><title>Removing Ethereal</title>
+ <section id="RemovingWireshark"><title>Removing Wireshark</title>
<para>
</para>
</section>
<section id="FileLocations"><title>File Locations</title>
<para>
- Ethereal and TShark look in several different locations for
+ Wireshark and TShark look in several different locations for
preference files, plugins, SNMP MIBS, and RADIUS dictionaries.
These locations vary from platform to platform. You can use
About->Folders to find the default locations on your system.
</para>
<para>
- Trying to save flow data may crash Ethereal.
+ Trying to save flow data may crash Wireshark.
(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=396">Bug
#396</ulink>)
</para>
</para>
<para>
- Ethereal may crash while viewing TCP streams.
+ Wireshark may crash while viewing TCP streams.
(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=852">Bug
#852</ulink>)
</para>
<section id="GettingHelp"><title>Getting Help</title>
<para>
Community support is available on the wireshark-users mailing list.
- Subscription information and archives for all of Ethereal's mailing
+ Subscription information and archives for all of Wireshark's mailing
lists can be found on <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/lists/">the
- web site</ulink>. There is also an <ulink url="irc://irc.freenode.net/ethereal">IRC channel dedicated to Ethereal</ulink>.
+ web site</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Commercial support, training, and development services are available
- from <ulink url="http://www.etherealsoft.com/">Ethereal Software</ulink>.
+ from <ulink url="http://www.cacetech.com/">CACE Technologies</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
<section id="FAQ"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
<para>
A complete FAQ is available on the
- <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Ethereal web site</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html">Wireshark web site</ulink>.
</para>
</section>