I've raised this question myself in the past. See
http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200208/msg00283.html for the
reply.
I will someday write capture_ipv6()...someday.
-----Original Message-----
From: ethereal-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ethereal-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Frederic Peters
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 7:53 PM
To: ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Anthony DeRobertis; 164472-forwarded@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Ethereal-dev] Re: Bug#164472: ethereal: Capture counts don't
include IPv6
Anthony DeRobertis <asd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> reported to the Debian Bug
Tracking System:
> Package: ethereal
> Version: 0.9.5-2
> Severity: important
>
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> Hash: SHA1
>
> [ Important because of people like me working with IPv6, which this bug
> impairs quite a bit; can't tell when I've got the data I want...
> Managed to make me think I was going loony a few times before I
> figured it out, too. ]
>
> The counts when Ethereal is capturing don't include IPv6 properly.
> IPv6/UDP seems to get placed under "Other" instead of UDP, for example.
>
Regards,
Frederic, Debian ethereal maintainer
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