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Why is tshark slow to start up, even if you're only running it with -h or -v?

When executing a tshark -h or tshark -v it takes +/- 100 seconds before I get a response on Windows 10 - 1089. There is no resource issue in Windows Task Manager.

C:\Users\PatrickCoulier>tshark -v
TShark (Wireshark) 2.6.6 (v2.6.6-0-gdf942cd8)

Copyright 1998-2019 Gerald Combs  and contributors.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later 
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with WinPcap (4_1_3), with GLib 2.42.0, with zlib 1.2.11, with
SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.14.0, with Lua 5.2.4, with GnuTLS 3.4.11, with Gcrypt
1.7.6, with MIT Kerberos, with MaxMind DB resolver, with nghttp2 1.14.0, with
LZ4, with Snappy, with libxml2 2.9.4.

Running on 64-bit Windows 10, build 17763, with Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @
2.30GHz (with SSE4.2), with 8088 MB of physical memory, with locale
English_United States.1252, with WinPcap version 4.1.3 (packet.dll version
4.1.0.2980), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b (20091008), with
GnuTLS 3.4.11, with Gcrypt 1.7.6, binary plugins supported (13 loaded).

Built using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (VC++ 14.12, build 25835).

What is going wrong here?

Patrick

Why is tshark slow to start up, even if you're only running it with -h or -v?that slow?

When executing a tshark -h or -h of tshark -v -v it takes +/- 100 seconds before I get a response on Windows 10 - 1089. There is no resource issue in Windows Task Manager.

C:\Users\PatrickCoulier>tshark -v TShark (Wireshark) 2.6.6 (v2.6.6-0-gdf942cd8) (v2.6.6-0-gdf942cd8)

Copyright 1998-2019 Gerald Combs gerald@wireshark.org and contributors. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with WinPcap (4_1_3), with GLib 2.42.0, with zlib 1.2.11, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.14.0, with Lua 5.2.4, with GnuTLS 3.4.11, with Gcrypt 1.7.6, with MIT Kerberos, with MaxMind DB resolver, with nghttp2 1.14.0, with LZ4, with Snappy, with libxml2 2.9.4. 2.9.4.

Running on 64-bit Windows 10, build 17763, with Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz (with SSE4.2), with 8088 MB of physical memory, with locale English_United States.1252, with WinPcap version 4.1.3 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2980), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b (20091008), with GnuTLS 3.4.11, with Gcrypt 1.7.6, binary plugins supported (13 loaded). loaded).

Built using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (VC++ 14.12, build 25835).

25835).

What is going wrong here?

Patrick

Why is tshark that slow?

When executing a tshark -h of tshark -v it takes +/- 100 seconds before I get a response on Windows 10 - 1089. There is no resource issue in Windows Task Manager.

C:\Users\PatrickCoulier>tshark -v TShark (Wireshark) 2.6.6 (v2.6.6-0-gdf942cd8)

Copyright 1998-2019 Gerald Combs gerald@wireshark.orggerald@wireshark.org and contributors. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with WinPcap (4_1_3), with GLib 2.42.0, with zlib 1.2.11, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.14.0, with Lua 5.2.4, with GnuTLS 3.4.11, with Gcrypt 1.7.6, with MIT Kerberos, with MaxMind DB resolver, with nghttp2 1.14.0, with LZ4, with Snappy, with libxml2 2.9.4.

Running on 64-bit Windows 10, build 17763, with Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz (with SSE4.2), with 8088 MB of physical memory, with locale English_United States.1252, with WinPcap version 4.1.3 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2980), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b (20091008), with GnuTLS 3.4.11, with Gcrypt 1.7.6, binary plugins supported (13 loaded).

Built using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (VC++ 14.12, build 25835).

What is going wrong here?

Patrick