ProConvert 3.0 Readme

Welcome to ProConvert for Windows!

This file includes important, updated information for 
users of ProConvert. The information is more current, 
in some cases, than that provided in the User Manual 
or online help file. Please read this information 
carefully.

Installation Notes

IMPORTANT!
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of 
ProConvert, we recommend removing it before 
installing this release.

DEMO VERSION
The demo version of ProConvert will read any supported
analyzer trace file and convert the first 25 frames. 
The purchased version removes this restriction.

UNINSTALLATION NOTES
To remove ProConvert, open the "Add/Remove Programs"
control panel, select "WildPackets ProConvert 3.0" and
click the "Change/Remove" button. All files created 
during the installation will be removed; however, you 
may need to manually delete the ProConvert folder to 
remove files created after installation.

USER MANUAL
Please read the ProConvert User Manual for an overview
of the features of ProConvert. This can be found in the
WildPackets\ProConvert\ installation directory.

PROCONVERT 3.0 NOW SUPPORTS WAN
CONVERSION!
ProConvert supports two-way conversion of traces from
PPP, Frame Relay, ISDN, HDLC (Cisco), and X25 over
T1/E1 to and from the following WAN analyzers:

- WANPeek NX (.wpc format)
- Acterna/WWG Domino (except ISDN)
- Agilent Network Analyzer
- HP/Agilent Advisor
- Sniffer DOS (or any analyzer that can save to .syc)
- SnifferPro

PROCONVERT 3.0 NEW ANALYZER FORMATS
SUPPORTED
- WildPackets .wpc WANPeek NX format
- WildPackets .pkt new format (read-only; conversion 
  is to "classic" .pkt format)
- WildPackets .apc new format (read-only; conversion
  is to "classic" .apc format)
- WildPackets .wpz (compressed) traces (read-only)

PROCONVERT 3.0 BUG FIXES
- Improved integrity when reading certain files from
  SnifferPro and Ethereal.
- Improved recognition of SnifferPro time zone variants
  when converting to other formats.
- Conversion from NetMon 2.0 to 1.2 is now supported.

TECHNICAL TIPS AND ADDITIONAL PRODUCT
INFORMATION
 1. Recommended system requirements
     The recommended operating systems for ProConvert
     are Windows 2000 and XP.
 2. Conversion from wireless to Ethernet
     802.11 can have smaller and larger frames than 802.3.
     To avoid decode problems, ProConvert slices 802.11
     frames down to 1518 bytes and sets the LLC length to
     1500 bytes. Frames less than 64 bytes are padded with
     zeros to 64 bytes, so that they don't show up in 
     Ethernet as runt packets.
 3. Support for Ethereal traces
     Since Ethereal supports the libpcap format, save your
     Ethereal trace files with a *.dmp file extension and 
     you will be able to use ProConvert to convert to 
     EtherPeek or other supported analyzer formats.
 4. Packet Trace Timestamps
     ProConvert makes a best effort to convert each
     packet's timestamp correctly. However, given the
     closed-source, proprietary nature of many vendors'
     timestamps, WildPackets cannot guarantee exact
     packet timestamp conversion.

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