Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] PPP packets details are not shown

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:20:42 -0800 (PST)
> Can any one please point out where i can be making the mistake.

You're mistakenly assuming that Linux's PPP implementation supplies to
programs attempting to sniff PPP connections any of the PPP header - it
doesn't, it - for some unknown reason - strips the PPP header off
completely in such a way that the "packet socket" code can't put it
back.