Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] USING MODEM WITH ETHEREAL

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:52:18 -0700
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 09:16:20PM -0700, Pierre Combes wrote:
> Is it possible to set Ethereal to capture packets from a modem card?

Only if you're running SLIP or PPP over the modem line, i.e. if you're
using it for networking - and then it'll work only if the packet capture
mechanism on your machine supports capturing on SLIP or PPP links.  (For
example, WinPcap on Windows NT/2000 doesn't support it.)